Gender: Girl
Meaning: From the land, house; tile maker
Origin: English (diminutive)
Popularity: Ranked #3884 in 2024 with 38 babies born.
History: Twyla surged in the 2020s. Twyla Tharp is one of America's greatest choreographers — she revolutionized modern dance. Twyla means American artistic innovation at its most physically expressive.
Similar names: tylah, tylee, tylie, tayla, taylah, taylee, tayley, taylie
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Twyla? About 1 in 87,592 babies born in 2024 were named Twyla, or roughly 0.1 per day in the United States.
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