The girl's name Kayla \ka(y)-la\ 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".

ORIGIN
American

A trendy combination of "Kay" with the suffix "la" also used as the short form of Michaela that's jumped in popularity since 1959.

VARIATIONS
Kale Kaleb

ALTERNATIVES
Kala Caela Kaila Caila Keyla Cayla Kaelah Kaylah

NICKNAMES
Kay

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