Kaila
English edit
Etymology edit
From Yiddish קיילה (kaila)), In modern use a spelling variant of Kayla or Kyla.
Proper noun edit
Kaila
- A female given name.
- 1982, Kate Simon, Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood, Viking Press, →ISBN, page 23:
- How we got to Kate I don't know. My mother must have sought it to keep as clear as possible the link to her grandmother Kaila, not realizing how intensely Catholic a name it then was.
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Of multiple origins, explanations including a Häme dialectal form of kaisla (“rush”), shortening of the surnames Kajala and Kainula, hamlet named Kaila, Germanic first name Old High German Gailo, and the word kailava (“spotted”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kaila
- a Finnish surname from landscape
Declension edit
Inflection of Kaila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | Kaila | Kailat | ||
genitive | Kailan | Kailojen | ||
partitive | Kailaa | Kailoja | ||
illative | Kailaan | Kailoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Kaila | Kailat | ||
accusative | nom. | Kaila | Kailat | |
gen. | Kailan | |||
genitive | Kailan | Kailojen Kailainrare | ||
partitive | Kailaa | Kailoja | ||
inessive | Kailassa | Kailoissa | ||
elative | Kailasta | Kailoista | ||
illative | Kailaan | Kailoihin | ||
adessive | Kailalla | Kailoilla | ||
ablative | Kailalta | Kailoilta | ||
allative | Kailalle | Kailoille | ||
essive | Kailana | Kailoina | ||
translative | Kailaksi | Kailoiksi | ||
abessive | Kailatta | Kailoitta | ||
instructive | — | Kailoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- Kaila is the 1622nd (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 528 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Further reading edit
- Finnish Wikipedia: Kaila
Anagrams edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
kaila (“style”),a loan word from English style; can also be construed as ka (“the”) + ila (“dark birthmark; darkness; seedling”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kaila
- a female given name from Hawaiian
References edit
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kaila occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 4 women.
- Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names by State: included in the top hundred first names for girls born in the State of Hawaii in 1999-2008; there is no way to tell how many of these Kailas are English or Hawaiian.