Aila: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “holy; blessed”
- Origin
- Finnish
- Say it
- EYE-luh · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Used in Finland and elsewhere, often as a variant of Aili. It is also sometimes used as a form related to the French name Eila or as a modern cross-cultural spelling.
How popular is Aila?
Babies named Aila in 2024354
2024 rank#793 girls
Peak year2021
Total US babies since 18803,938
Aila is rising: use over the last five years is 3.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Aila
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Aila questions
What does the name Aila mean?
Aila means "holy; blessed". It comes from Finnish. Used in Finland and elsewhere, often as a variant of Aili. It is also sometimes used as a form related to the French name Eila or as a modern cross-cultural spelling.
Is Aila a boy or girl name?
Aila is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Aila?
354 US babies were named Aila in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.
How do you pronounce Aila?
Aila is usually pronounced EYE-luh.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.