Aila is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “from the strong place.” In 2024 it was given to 354 girls in the United States.
Aila at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Biblical & Christian · Turkish
Meaning
“from the strong place”
About the name Aila
Aila belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “from the strong place” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Aila first appears in Social Security records in 1920. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #752 in 2021, and in 2024 354 babies received the name — 3,938 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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