Zeila

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Somali: port town on the Gulf of Aden; former capital of Ifat

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

/sɛila/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 181K(measured from records)
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 92K
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 137K

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.

Brazil (measured from records)

1,170 people, 2022

Sources
54 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 92K (inferred from the name graph)

Nicaragua, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Somali: port town on the Gulf of Aden; former capital of Ifat

Sources 1

  • African Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zeila 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 Zeila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil1,1701 in 181K1.4KZeila54
VE Venezuela≈200 est.≈1 in 142K—Zeila11
PE Peru≈170 est.≈1 in 190K—Zeila16
US United States≈100 est.≈1 in 3.3M7Zeila45
CO Colombia≈90 est.≈1 in 546K—Zeila14
BO Bolivia≈75 est.≈1 in 155K—Zeila10
NI Nicaragua≈68 est.≈1 in 92K—Zeila4
HN Honduras≈67 est.≈1 in 137K—Zeila5

1,170 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present). 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)

Zeila is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Zeiļa, Zeïla

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Zeilah, Zeïla, Zéïla

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Zeiļa

  • Latvian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Also written Zeiļa

26 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Zeila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—1.4K#3,664
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—1.4K#7,594
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20221.2K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.2K#7,441
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)19901.1K—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1980961—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1970681—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1960362—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1960319—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1970280—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1950213—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1980149—

Reference works 1

  • 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

What does the name Zeila mean, and where does it come from?
Somali: port town on the Gulf of Aden; former capital of Ifat Recorded by African Names.
How do you pronounce Zeila?
A machine transcription gives /sɛila/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Zeila a male or female name?
Zeila 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 Zeila have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Zeila, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zeila.
How common is the name Zeila?
In Brazil, the national register counted 1,170 people named Zeila in 2022, about 1 in 181 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, “Zeila”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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