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Kaila

Kaila proper noun: a female given name.

Proper noun

Kaila

  1. A female given name.
    • 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.1982, Kate Simon, Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood, Viking Press, →ISBN, page 23

Origin of Kaila

From Yiddish קיילה (kaila)), In modern use a spelling variant of Kayla or Kyla.

Questions about Kaila

What does Kaila mean?
Kaila means a female given name.
What part of speech is Kaila?
Kaila is a proper noun.

Words near Kaila in the dictionary

  1. kaikis
  2. kaikomako
  3. Kaikoura
  4. kaiks
  5. kail
  6. Kaila
  7. Kailahun
  8. kailan
  9. Kailani
  10. Kailasa
  11. Kailash

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