Zillah

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning shadow; shade.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zillah by the numbers

Zillah was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zillah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Zilahshade; shadow10 in the US (2017)
  • Zellah7 in the US (2017)
  • Zyllah6 in the US (2017)
  • Ziyahlight, splendor; a variant of Zia85 in the US (2017)
  • Zivahbrightness, radiance; a form of Ziva6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zirahblooming flower; a form of Zara8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zillah

Names that are said the same way as Zillah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Xylafrom the forest or woodland; a respelling of Xylia12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zyla149 in the US (2017)
  • Zylah87 in the US (2017)
  • Xylah22 in the US (2017)
  • Ziyla7 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean darkness

Like Zillah, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
  • Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
  • Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
  • Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
  • Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zillah

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