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Ayla

AY-luh or EYE-luh
Hebrew or Turkish
"oak tree; halo, moonlight"
Sophie Kihm
By Sophie Kihm
Updated Wed Oct 15 2025

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Famous People Named Ayla

  • Ayla Marie Kell
    American actress
  • Ayla Marie Brown
    American singer
  • Ayla Schwartz
    American actress
  • Ayla Algan
    Turkish actress
  • Ayla Dikmen
    Turkish singer
  • Ayla Akat Ata
    Turkish MP
  • Ayla Malik
    Pakistani politician
  • Ayla Raza
    daughter 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

The name Ayla in Pop Culture

  • Ayla
    main character in the Clan of the Cave Bear/Earth's Children series by Jean Auel
  • Ayla Ranzz aka Lightning Lass
    character in DC Comics
  • Princess Ayla
    character in video game "Chrono Trigger"
  • Ayla Belli
    mother 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".

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