Night; Old English origin meaning "darkness" or "evening"
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Lylah is listed in our catalog as a girl name. Its listed meaning is "Night; Old English origin meaning "darkness" or "evening"". Listed origin: Arabic.
LY-lah
Catalog phonetic spelling
In 2024, Lylah ranked #544 in US Social Security name records for female births. This is the latest verified year in our catalog, not a live ranking.
| Birth year | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2020 | #594 |
| 2021 | #580 |
| 2022 | #584 |
| 2023 | #603 |
| 2024 | #544 |
Source: Social Security Administration. US data is not a worldwide measure of usage. Missing years are not zero births.
Meanings, origins, pronunciations, and namesakes are catalog entries that have not yet completed source-by-source editorial review. Nicknames and middle-name pairings are ideas to try, not usage statistics. We show birth-name ranks only when the record includes source-file provenance; missing data is not evidence of rarity.
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Lylah is listed in our catalog as a girl name. Its listed meaning is "Night; Old English origin meaning "darkness" or "evening"". Listed origin: Arabic.
Our catalog's pronunciation guide is LY-lah. Pronunciation can vary by language and family.
In 2024, Lylah ranked #544 in US Social Security name records for female births. This is the latest verified year in our catalog, not a live ranking.
Ideas to try include Ly. These are suggestions, not a measure of usage.
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