Given name & surname · also African
Adila
“one who is just and fair”·“equal”
Adila is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is just and fair” and “equal”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is just and fair” and “equal”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with African and Arabic naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80
- 0 boys · 80 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 425 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adila’s family of names
Adila has a related form in Adilia. Adila has a related form in Adeela. Adila has a related form in Adilah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Adiliavariant
- Adilahvariant
- Addilalikely variant
- Adillahvariant
- Adillavariant
- Adeelavariant
- Adylavariant
- Adilehvariant
Show 1 moreShow fewer
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adila
- Adila HassimSouth African barristerborn 1972
- Adila bint Abdullah Al SaudSaudi Princessborn 1965
- Adila FachiriHungarian-born British violinist (1886–1962)
- Adila KhatunDaughter of Ahmed Pasha (died 1768)
- Adila ShakhtakhtinskayaAzerbaijani obstetrician-gynecologist1894–1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Adila, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Amatullah
Amatullah is a feminine given name from Arabic.
>99% girls
Almudena
“Our Lady of the Almudena”
>99% girls
Hadija
Hadija is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
>99% girls
Shahina
“resembling a falcon”
>99% girls
Zulaikha
Zulaikha is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
>99% girls
Hauwa
Hauwa is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in Hausa.
>99% girls
Adhara
>99% girls
Macarena
“blessed, happy”
>99% girls