Naila
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a sahaabia
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nɛla/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Naila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 738(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 5.9K
- FRFrance≈1 in 27K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Naila itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 242 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 738 (inferred from the name graph)
≈40,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Azerbaijan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a sahaabia
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Naila 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | listed | Naila | 76 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | #186 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 738 | 1 | Naila | 32 |
| BR Brazil | — | 6,626as Nayla | 1 in 32K | 6.6K | Naila | 85 |
| US United States | — | 3,507as Nala | 1 in 95K | 3.5K | Naila | 242 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 27K | 4.5K | Naila | 190 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 1,673as Nayla | 1 in 10K | 1.7K | Naila | 13 |
| GE Georgia | #531 | 931as ნაილა | 1 in 4.3K | 931 | Naila | 12 |
| PY Paraguay | #966 | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Naila | 10 |
| SE Sweden | — | 253 | 1 in 40K | 253 | Naila | 14 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; INEC — civil registry names; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Naila is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
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as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
In German, weibl. Vom.; weibliche Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Latvian, pilsēta Vācijā ("Naila"), Bavārijas federālajā zemē, 7700 iedzīvotāju (2013. g.)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Sievietes vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Naila Kabeerb. 1950GBBritish economist
- Nailä Ğiläceväb. 1953RURussian fencer
- Nailiya Yulamanovab. 1980RUnot in their usual nameRussian marathon runner
- Naila Ramerab. 1987ITItalian association football player
- Naila Nazirb. 1989PKcricketer
- Naila Grrewalb. 1996INIndian actress
- Naila KianiPKPakistani high-altitude mountaineer
- Naila BossGBBritish rapper
- Naila BalayevaAZAzerbaijani journalist
- Naila NazirPKPakistani air hostess
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 80 sources across 49 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 6.5K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 6.5K | #2,282 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 5.6K | #3,104 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.2K | #5,362 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 2.8K | #992 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 823 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 253 | #4,442 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 161 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 118 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 37 | #2,282 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 14 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 6 | #5,362 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- How do you pronounce Naila?
- A machine transcription gives /nɛla/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Naila mean, and where does it come from?
- a sahaabia Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- Is Naila a male or female name?
- Naila 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.
- What are other forms of the name Naila?
- In the etymology graph, Nejla and Naile are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Naila have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 40 thousand people named Naila in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled naila.
- How common is the name Naila?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 253 people named Naila, about 1 in 40 thousand residents.
- How common is Naila compared with other names?
- In Azerbaijan, Naila is the 186th most common given name of 28,848 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Naila?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nailaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Naila” — the 186th most common given name in Azerbaijan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.