Kaila

K5A1I1L1A1

proper noun

A female given name.

OriginYiddish קיילה →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name.

    How we got to Kate I don't know. My mother must have sought it to keep as clear as possible the link to her grandmother Kaila, not realizing how intensely Catholic a name it then was.

    1982, Kate Simon, Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood, Viking Press, →ISBN, page 23

Origin

  1. Yiddishקיילה
  2. EnglishKaila

From Yiddish קיילה (kaila)), In modern use a spelling variant of Kayla or Kyla.

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Anagrams

laikaKaliaAkali
Cite this entry
APA

Kaila. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaila

MLA

“Kaila.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaila. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kaila,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaila.

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