Entry № 7673 · Arabic origin

Nyla Nyla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NIGH-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Winner, achiever; blue"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern as standalone

A name that means "winner, achiever; blue".

Nyla has two parallel origins. As an Arabic name, it derives from Naila — feminine of Nail, meaning "winner" or "achiever." As a Sanskrit name, it relates to nila, meaning "dark blue" (the colour associated with Krishna and the Nile).

Nyla entered the U.S. top 1000 in 2009 and has been rising rapidly. Today it sits in the U.S. top 500.

Winner, achiever; blue — a Arabic name.

The name in its native script.

نائلة · नीला
Transliteration
Nāʾila · Nīlā
Pronunciation
/ ˈnaɪ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nyla stands.

Nyla 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.

Nylas before her.

Real people
Nyla Rose
American professional wrestler.
born 1982
In fiction

Names connected to Nyla.

The number behind Nyla.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nyla reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.