Zaila
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.
Zaila by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Zaila. In the US, 39 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 45 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Zaila
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zaila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zairaflower, blooming; feminine form of Zair49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zainagraceful beauty; a form of Zaynab or Zain51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaidafortune or prosperity89 in the US (2017)
- Zaiyagraceful beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or Zaina42 in the US (2017)
- Zoilalife; a form of zoë14 in the US (2017)
- Zaimaleader, chief4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Zaila
Names that are said the same way as Zaila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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