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Kaela - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Kaela
 
 

 


The girl name Kaela [ syll. kae-la, ka-ela ] is pronounced as KEY-Lah KEY. Kaela is used chiefly in Arabic and its origin is also Arabic. Kaela is a short form of the name Khalilah (Arabic).

Kaela is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1996 with 0.018% of baby girls being named Kaela. It had a ranking of #650 then. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then, and is today of infrequent use. Among all girl names in its family, Kaela was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Kaela include Kaila (English), Kayla (English), Cayla (English), Kailee (English), Kailey (English), Kala (Hawaii), Kaleigh (English), Kaley (English), Kali (English), Kalie (English), Kallie (English), Kaylee (English), Kayleigh (English), Kayley (English and Irish), Kayli (English), Kaylie (English), Keely (English), Keila (English), Kelley (English), Kelli (English), Kellie (English), Kelly (English and Irish), Khloe (English), Kiley (English), Kilie (English), Kyla (English), Kylee (English), Kyleigh (English), Kylie (English), Kyly (English), Callie (English), Chloe (English and German), Chloé (French), Clea (German), Clelia (English, German, and Italian), Cleo (English and German), Clio (Italian), Kalila (Arabic), Khalilah (Arabic), Kyle (English), Cäcilia (German), Cäcilie (German), and Cloe (English, German, and Italian).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Kaela: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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Meaning of Khalilah Meaning of Kaela Meaning of Kalila Meaning of Khalil Meaning of Khaleel