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Kaila
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kaila kailā
English
Etymology
From en yi קיילה kaila), In modern use a spelling variant of Kayla or Kyla.
Proper noun
en female.
en 1982 Kate Simon Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood Viking Press 0670192392 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.
Anagrams
en aaikl Laika laika
en female given names from Yiddish
Finnish
Etymology
Of multiple origins, explanations including a Häme dialectal form of fi kaisla rush, shortening of the surnames fi Kaijala and fi Kainula, hamlet named fi Kaila, a fi gem given name (compare goh Gailo), and the word fi kailava spotted.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Finnish landscape
Declension
Kail a
Derived terms
fi Kailio
Statistics
dvv_20250813 531 1607 1
References
Further reading
Finnish Wikipedia: fi Kaila Kaila
Anagrams
fi aaikl kaali laaki laika lakia likaa
Hawaiian
Etymology
haw kaila style,a loan word from haw en style; can also be construed as haw ka the + haw ila dark birthmark; darkness; seedling.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
haw female Hawaiian
References
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.