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Ayla
Say it: AY-luh
Meaning
Has independent sources: Turkish Ayla 'halo of light around the moon' (ay 'moon') and Hebrew Ayla 'oak or terebinth tree'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Spread in the US after Jean Auel's 1980 novel and rose further in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 23,690 babies given this name since 1963
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 797 girls
- 2,006 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Aila
Famous bearers
- Ayla, heroine of Jean Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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