Entry № 5476 · Quechua origin

Killa Killa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KEE-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Quechua
Meaning
"Moon"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Quechua)

A name that means "moon".

Killa is the Quechua (Inca) word for "moon." Mama Killa was the Inca moon goddess — sister-wife of the sun god Inti.

Killa is rising in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador as part of the Quechua revival.

Moon. The Inca lunar goddess.

The name in its native script.

Killa
Transliteration
Killa
Pronunciation
/ ˈkiː.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Killa stands.

Killa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Killas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Mama Killa
Inca moon goddess.
Quechua mythology

Names connected to Killa.

The number behind Killa.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Killa reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.