#832024 rank
2024peak year
46,185babies named Lyla since 1880
▲ +20%5-year trend
Lyla popularity over 145 years
🔥 Very popular now · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Lyla mean?
A modern variant of Layla, from the Arabic layl, 'night'. The softer spelling spread through English-speaking countries in the 2000s.
OriginArabic via English
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylemodern, classic
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Spellings & variants
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