Ayla

Hebrew, or Turkish

"oak tree, or halo, moonlight"

Updated Wed Nov 29 2023

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.

Ayla has been slowly but (mostly) steadily climbing the US popularity list since 1997, and broke into the Top 100 names for girls in 2022. It's also a notably international name, in the Top 100 in every other major English-speaking nation along with several European countries.

Ayla's only big downside is the same as its reason for popularity: its similarity to Ava and Isla and inevitable confusion with those two names. People who choose Ayla to be different from those two names may field much confusion from people mistaking the name for one of its more popular sisters.

# 98 in the US

Ayla Rank in US Top 1000

# 84 on Nameberry

Ayla Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Ayla Popularity

98US2022
84Nameberry2023
189Future2028
67England2021
43Scotland2022
66Ireland2022
51Australia2022
51New Zealand2022
85Germany2022
88Netherlands2022
73Sweden2022
60Switzerland2022
8Azerbaijan2022
62Canada2022

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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".