Kayla - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Kayla \

is pronounced KAY-la. Variant of Kay; modern variant of Katherine (Greek) "pure"; diminutive of Michaela (Hebrew) "who is like God?". Initial popularity of the name is due to the character named Kayla on the daytime TV drama "Days of Our Lives". See also Kaylee.

For more information, see also related names McKayla, Shayla, Tayla and Kelila.

Baby names that sound like Kayla are Kalla, Kala, Gayla, Kayli, Kaylea and Kyla.

Kayla is a very common first name for women (#338 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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