Ziyla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ziyla by the numbers

Ziyla was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Ziyla

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 Ziyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ziyalight, splendor; variant of Zia128 in the US (2017)
  • Zayla205 in the US (2017)
  • Zyla149 in the US (2017)
  • Zaydagrowth; abundance; a form of Zaida104 in the US (2017)
  • Ziyahlight, splendor; a variant of Zia85 in the US (2017)
  • Zaynabeauty or grace; a form of Zaynab73 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Ziyla

Names that are said the same way as Ziyla, 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)
  • Zillahshadow; shade16 in the US (2017)
  • Zilahshade; shadow10 in the US (2017)
  • Zylah87 in the US (2017)
  • Xylah22 in the US (2017)
  • Zyllah6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ziyla

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