Gender: Girl
Meaning: Earth, light, speech
Origin: Sanskrit/French
Popularity: Ranked #679 in 2024 with 419 babies born.
History: Ila surged in the 2020s as an ultra-short name meaning 'from the island' in French and 'earth' in Sanskrit. Three letters carrying double meaning from two continents. Ila represents the minimalist naming trend at its most globally informed — brevity with hidden depth.
Name length: 3 letters
How common is Ila? About 1 in 7,944 babies born in 2024 were named Ila, or roughly 1.1 per day in the United States.
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