Given name
Ailie
“one who bears light”·“from a protected place”
Ailie is a variant of Aila. Interpretations include “one who bears light” and “from a protected place”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ailie is a variant of Aila. Interpretations include “one who bears light” and “from a protected place”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ailie is a variant of Aila. Aila has been associated with Finnish and Scottish naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Scottish use, Ailie is used as an affectionate form of Aileen.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ailie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 382
- 0 boys · 382 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,258 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,258 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 286 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.
Ailie’s family of names
Ailie is an affectionate form of Aileen. Ailie has a related form in Aila. Ailie has a related form in Eilidh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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