Ayla

Where Ayla comes from

Ayla hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1934
    Ayla Erduran born
    Turkish violinist
  2. 1963
    First appearance
    #5,891 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1990
    Ayla Kell born
    actress, dancer
  4. 2024
    Peak, #69
    3,253 babies named Ayla — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Ayla Erduran · Turkish violinist, 1934–2025
  • Ayla Kell · actress, dancer, born 1990
  • Ayla Algan · Turkish actor and singer, 1936–2024
  • Ayla Akat Ata · Turkish statesperson, born 1976
  • Ayla Aksu · Turkish tennis player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.