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Kaila

Pronounced KYE-lah

“stylish, Hawaiian spelling of Kayla”

kaila, the Hawaiian wordMore girl names

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KYE·lah

2 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Kaila mean in Hawaiian?

Kaila is a Hawaiian girl name that means stylish, Hawaiian spelling of Kayla. The name comes from kaila (style, from English). It is pronounced KYE-lah, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Kaila belongs with other Hawaiian names about beauty.

The words inside Kaila

kaila means style, manner.

How to pronounce Kaila

Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaila are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Kaila a boy or girl name?

Kaila is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.

How often Kaila is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 14,341 U.S. babies named Kaila since 1964, but that spelling is mostly a spelling of Kayla, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name. In Hawaiʻi itself, 353 babies born in the state were named Kaila from 1991 to 2021, with a peak of 23 in 2007. 105 were born there from 2012 to 2021.

How well recorded is Kaila?

Kaila has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Kaila?

KYE-lah, in 2 syllables, with the stress on KYE.

Is Kaila a girl's or a boy's name?

Kaila is used mainly as a girl name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Kaila mean in Hawaiian?

stylish, Hawaiian spelling of Kayla. It comes from kaila (style, from English).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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