Ayla
Hebrew, or Turkish
"oak tree, or halo, moonlight"Ayla Origin and Meaning
The name Ayla is a girl's name of Hebrew, Turkish origin meaning "oak tree, or halo, moonlight".
Tired of Ava and Isla? Consider Ayla, a more offbeat choice and a lovely name that means light as well as tree. Its literary reference is the independent and feisty heroine of Jean Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear.
# 162 in the US
Ayla Rank in US Top 1000
Ayla Popularity
- 162US2019
- 73Nameberry2021
- 84England2019
- 43Scotland2020
- 237Germany2016
- 99Sweden2020
- 51New Zealand2020
- 54Australia2019
- 18920282028
- 127Switzerland2019
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Famous People Named Ayla
- Ayla Marie KellAmerican actress
- Ayla Marie BrownAmerican singer
- Ayla SchwartzAmerican actress
- Ayla AlganTurkish actress
- Ayla DikmenTurkish singer
- Ayla Akat AtaTurkish MP
- Ayla MalikPakistani politician
- Ayla Razadaughter of former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf
- Ayla Thornton (b. 2010)daughter of ice hockey player Joe Thornton
- Ayla Collins (b. 2015)daughter of late rugby union player Jerry Collins
- Ayla Mauresmo (b. 2017)daughter of tennis player and coach Amelie Mauresmo
Ayla in Pop Culture
- Aylamain character in the Clan of the Cave Bear/Earth's Children series by Jean Auel
- Ayla Ranzz aka Lightning Lasscharacter in DC Comics
- Princess Aylacharacter in video game "Chrono Trigger"
- Ayla Bellimother in video game "Haunting Ground"
- "Ayla: The Daughter of War" 2017 Turkish film and its main character
- "Ayla" song by The Maccabees
- Ayla in scottish means "from a strong and resilient place"in Turkish means "halo around the moon" or simply "moonlight" and in Sanskrit means "light".