Kaila
English
Etymology
A rare name of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yiddish origin (קיילה (kaila)), but in modern use a spelling variant of Kayla or Kyla.
Proper noun
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.
- 1982 Kate Simon, Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood, Viking Press, →ISBN, page 23:
Finnish
Etymology
Of multiple and obscure origins, explanations including a Häme dialectal form of kaisla (“rush”), hamlet named Kaila, Germanic first name Gailo, word kailava (“spotted”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kaila
- a surname from landscape
Declension
Inflection of Kaila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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 Kailain rare | |
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. |
External links
- Finnish Wikipedia: Kaila
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
kaila (“style”),a loan word from English style; can also be construed as ka (“the”) + ila (“dark birthmark; darkness; seedling”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a female given name from Hawaiian .
References
- 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.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Yiddish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Yiddish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑilɑ
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Hawaiian terms borrowed from English
- Hawaiian terms derived from English
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian given names
- Hawaiian female given names
- Hawaiian female given names from Hawaiian