Meila

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Meila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 76K(inferred from the name graph)
  • RORomania≈1 in 286K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 705K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,500 people, est.

Sources
62 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 76K (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Meila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Meila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia≈3,500 est.≈1 in 76K—Meila62
US United States4031 in 825K403Meila25
BR Brazil1001 in 2.1M100——
PH Philippines≈84 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Meila8
RO Romania≈75 est.≈1 in 286K—Meila4
EE Estonia≈2 est.≈1 in 705K5——
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Meila is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Venezuela, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Meíla, Meilă, Mêilã

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Mëilā, Meilă, Mêilã

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Meïla, Meilă

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Meilă

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania

    Also written Meilă

  • Arabic name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Měîļà

  • Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China

    Also written Mei-La

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Meila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Meila a male or female name?
Meila is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Meila have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Meila in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled meila.
How common is the name Meila?
In the United States, the national register counted 403 people named Meila in 2020, about 1 in 825 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Meila”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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