Zyllah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zyllah by the numbers

Zyllah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Zyllah

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

  • Zillahshadow; shade16 in the US (2017)
  • Zylah87 in the US (2017)
  • Zyliah10 in the US (2017)
  • Zellah7 in the US (2017)
  • Zyleah7 in the US (2017)
  • ZayleahGod remembers; a form of Zachary11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zyllah

Names that are said the same way as Zyllah, 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)
  • Zilahshade; shadow10 in the US (2017)
  • Zyla149 in the US (2017)
  • Xylah22 in the US (2017)
  • Ziyla7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zyllah

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