Xyla
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning from the forest or woodland; a respelling of Xylia.
How Xyla has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2022 | #979 |
| 2023 | #950 |
| 2024 | #820 |
| 2025 | #763 |
Xyla by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Xyla. In the US, 65 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 67 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Xyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Xyla
Names that are said the same way as Xyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Xyla, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Kimberlyfrom the wood of the royal forest1,823 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Sylviafrom the forest636 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Xyla
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