Kayla Forename
10,431st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 97,506 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands
Kayla Forename User-submission:
The name Keila (Keilah or Kayla) is of Hebrew origin, meaning 'citadel', as in a fortress or stronghold of a city. It also means 'God-like' in Hebrew. It is also the name of a biblical town in the kingdom of Judah.
Kayla Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 78,040 | 1:4,646 | 681 |
| Canada | 100% | 8,243 | 1:4,020 | 674 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,218 | 1:66,574 | 4,286 |
| Australia | - | 2,771 | 1:4,929 | 650 |
| Egypt | 100% | 564 | 1:162,945 | 6,404 |
| Thailand | 100% | 551 | 1:127,161 | 9,850 |
| Philippines | 99% | 547 | 1:193,802 | 8,727 |
| New Zealand | - | 469 | 1:9,672 | 1,045 |
| England | 100% | 456 | 1:121,936 | 4,302 |
| Israel | 100% | 292 | 1:28,777 | 2,307 |
| South Africa | 100% | 269 | 1:202,724 | 13,017 |
| Spain | 100% | 193 | 1:241,088 | 4,467 |
| Belize | 100% | 181 | 1:1,958 | 440 |
| China | - | 163 | 1:8,380,710 | 59,497 |
| Bahamas | - | 153 | 1:2,610 | 536 |
| India | 51% | 107 | 1:11,354,000 | 326,915 |
| Jamaica | - | 99 | 1:29,124 | 2,042 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 90 | 1:15,127 | 1,982 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 61 | 1:896 | 182 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 59 | 1:286,476 | 9,153 |
| Malaysia | 88% | 53 | 1:574,527 | 24,020 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 49 | 1:5,264,565 | 205,196 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 48 | 1:629,206 | 15,668 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 47 | 1:2,115 | 460 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 44 | 1:4,035,554 | 64,774 |
| Panama | 100% | 39 | 1:100,168 | 4,967 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,858 | 421 |
| Russia | 100% | 33 | 1:4,370,718 | 22,313 |
| Singapore | 100% | 29 | 1:216,795 | 8,671 |
| South Korea | - | 29 | 1:191,187 | 7,453 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,197 | 279 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Germany | 100% | 27 | 1:3,580,662 | 16,495 |
| Czechia | 100% | 25 | 1:426,246 | 2,332 |
| Mexico | 100% | 22 | 1:5,642,928 | 21,540 |
| Hong Kong | - | 21 | 1:369,177 | 3,937 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Sweden | 100% | 19 | 1:518,837 | 13,099 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Wales | 100% | 16 | 1:193,394 | 3,524 |
| Guyana | 100% | 14 | 1:54,519 | 4,997 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Scotland | 100% | 14 | 1:382,169 | 5,277 |
| Ireland | - | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Niger | 67% | 13 | 1:1,475,692 | 20,181 |
| France | 100% | 12 | 1:5,539,195 | 21,553 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 12 | 1:9,298 | 1,351 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| Barbados | - | 9 | 1:32,199 | 2,134 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Chile | 100% | 9 | 1:1,956,356 | 13,525 |
| Ecuador | - | 9 | 1:1,969,658 | 11,243 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Finland | 100% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| Honduras | 100% | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Kenya | - | 6 | 1:7,717,852 | 32,954 |
| Peru | 100% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Belgium | 50% | 5 | 1:2,298,008 | 20,299 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,642,699 | 15,939 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Argentina | - | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Italy | 100% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Senegal | 67% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
Kayla (283) may also be a surname.
Kayla Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Keila (Keilah or Kayla) is of Hebrew origin, meaning 'citadel', as in a fortress or stronghold of a city. It also means 'God-like' in Hebrew. It is also the name of a biblical town in the kingdom of Judah.
- smeilakeilaIt is a feminine version of the name Kyle, derived from the Gaelic word caol, meaning 'narrow' or 'slender', or a 'narrow spit of land'.
In Irish, the name Kyla means 'crown of laurel'.
- lydkoKayla Forename Popularity
Kayla Demographics
Kayla Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 7,955 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Kayla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kayla in the Russian language | ||
| Кайла | kajla | - |
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