How to say it
MY · la
/ˈmaɪ.lə/
Feminine
Myla
Beloved, or modern coinage
What it means
Modern American coinage, often glossed as a variant of Mila ('gracious, dear' in Slavic) or Myra (Greek 'myrrh'). The Y spelling is the stylized modern American respelling. Surged in the US in the 2010s with the broader Mila and -yla wave.
Myla is a modern American coinage with multiple gloss candidates. Most often it reads as a Y-respelling of Mila (Slavic, 'gracious, dear'), or alternatively a Y-variant of Myra (Greek, possibly from myrrh, the aromatic resin). The Y placement tracks the broader 2010s American naming wave (alongside Lyla, Nyla, Skyla, Kyla). As a US given name Myla surged in the 2010s and entered the top 500 in 2017. Single short; Myla is already a short.
Popularity over time
peaked at #181 in 2023, currently #210 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Pronunciation
MY-lah, two syllables, stress on the first.
- Spelling
Mila (traditional Slavic) and Myla (the modern Y-respelling) are essentially the same name; Myla reads as more stylized American.
Spelling variants
- Mila
- Mylah
- Mylee
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