Entry № 11525 · Aboriginal Australian origin

Wila Wila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ WEE-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Aboriginal Australian
Meaning
"Possum (Aboriginal Australian heritage)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Aboriginal)

A name that means "possum (aboriginal australian heritage)".

Wila is from the Aboriginal Australian — meaning possum, also used as a feminine name across multiple Aboriginal language families. Princess Wila — Aboriginal heritage naming. Wila Garr — modern Australian figure. Wila Dreaming — Aboriginal mythology reference. Wila Wugaman — Tiwi Aboriginal name tradition. The Aboriginal Australian population has experienced significant cultural revival in the 21st century, with increased emphasis on preserving Aboriginal languages — many of which are critically endangered. UNESCO classifies most Aboriginal Australian languages as endangered, and Aboriginal naming traditions are part of the broader cultural preservation movement.

Possum (Aboriginal Australian heritage) — a Aboriginal Australian name.

The name in its native script.

Wila
Transliteration
Wila
Pronunciation
/ ˈwiː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Wila stands.

Wila 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.

Wilas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Wila
Aboriginal Australian Dreamtime possum.

Names connected to Wila.

The number behind Wila.

9

The Giver

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