Kaila

A rare name of Yiddish origin (קיילה‎ (kaila)), but in modern use a spelling variant of Kayla or Kyla.

Kaila

1. A female given name.
   • 1982 Kate Simon, Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood, Viking Press, →ISBN, page 23:

     How we got to Kate I don't know. My mother must have sought it to keep as clear as possible the link to her grandmother Kaila, not realizing how intensely Catholic a name it then was.

Of multiple and obscure origins, explanations including a Häme dialectal form of kaisla (“rush”), hamlet named Kaila, Germanic first name Gailo, word kailava (“spotted”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑilɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑilɑ
• Hyphenation: Kai‧la

Kaila

1. A surname​.

• Finnish Wikipedia: Kaila

• kaali, laaki, laika, lakia, likaa

kaila (“style”),a loan word from English style; can also be construed as ka (“the”) + ila (“dark birthmark; darkness; seedling”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaj.la/, [ˈkɐjlə]
• (rapid speech) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛjlə]

Kaila

1. A female given name .

• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kaila occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 4 women.
• Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names by State: included in the top hundred first names for girls born in the State of Hawaii in 1999-2008; there is no way to tell how many of these Kailas are English or Hawaiian.