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Meaning

The name Shayla has the following meaning:

Form of Shayna meaning "beautiful".
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Shayla is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 322 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Shayla fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 48 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 394 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Shayla in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Shayla is pronounced as shay-lah

Origins

Shayla originates from the Irish language.
See other suggested Irish girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Shayla and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Shayla: Boys - Angus, Aydan, Brendon, Daire, Girls - Brielle, Ireland, Rowena, Tara, Both genders - Brady, Brian, Cody, Darby, Ennis, Gale

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Shayla: Shaela, Shae-Lynn, Shaila, Shailagh, Shaylagh, Shaylah, Shaylain, Shaylan, Shaylea, Shayleah, Shaylla, Sheyla

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Shayla are: Shay

Style

We think the name Shayla should fall under the following style category: Short and Catchy.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Shayla to be: Elegant, beautiful and sexy woman

In one word, you might describe Shayla as a(n) "elegant" person.

See other "elegant" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Shayla (or its variants) are:

Shay Doron, born on 1 April, a famous athlete. Shay Doron's background: A basketball player playing shooting guard for the WNBA's New York Liberty and the Israeli league's Elitzur Ramle. Previously, Doron starred for the Maryland women's basketball team.

Shayla Worley, born on 2 September , a famous athlete. Shayla Worley's background: An American gymnast and a World Champion. Her most prominent accomplishment is winning a team gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, where she finished seventh All-Around in the preliminaries.

Shaya, born on 17 February, a famous singer. Shaya's background: A Danish-Greek singer famous in Greece and Cyprus for her participation in the all-girl band Hi-5, the result of the talent show Popstars.
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