Given name & surname
Sila
“a well-behaved, chaste woman”
Sila is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a well-behaved, chaste woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a well-behaved, chaste woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 510
- 0 boys · 510 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #3,964 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 37 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,964 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 2018. In 2025, Michigan had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 760 as a first name in 2020; 406 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sila’s family of names
In Italian usage, Sila has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Sylas. Sila has a related form in Silah. Sila has a related form in Silla.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sila has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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 Sila
- Sila María CalderónEighth governor of Puerto Ricoborn 1942
- Sila PuafisiNew Zealand rugby union playerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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