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Summary
- No one named Kayla appears in the Bible, in Hebrew, Greek or any translation.
- Kayla is a modern English name made from the sounds kay and -la; Kay is a short form of Katherine.
- Its use rose sharply after 1982, when the character Kayla Brady joined the soap opera Days of Our Lives. It peaked at 11th in the United States in 1995 and 1996.
- It has no Hebrew meaning. The Hebrew name Kelila (“crown” or “complete”) and the Irish name Cadhla (“beautiful”) are separate names.
- The nearest Bible name is Keilah, a town of Judah that David saved from the Philistines (1 Samuel 23:1–13).
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Kayla,” “Kay,” “Kaylee,” “Keila,” “Kelila” and “Cadhla,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/kayla
- Behind the Name, “Katherine.” https://www.behindthename.com/name/katherine
- “Kayla (name),” Wikipedia, citing Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle and Flavia Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names (Oxford University Press, 2006), p. 155. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayla_(name)
- “Keilah,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keilah
- Strong’s Hebrew Concordance, entries 3618 (kallah) and 7031 (qal), Bible Hub. https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3618.htm
- Scripture references: Joshua 15:44; 1 Samuel 23:1–13; Song of Songs 4:8–12.
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