Given name & surname

Skylla

Skylla is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Skylla is a variant of Scylla. An origin associated with Scylla is Greek.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Skylla through the years

Babies since 1880
33
0 boys · 33 girls
Most popular year
2008
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Skylla in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2000–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2008.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Skylla’s family of names

Skylla has a related form in Scylla. In Greek usage, Skylla as a surname is a transliteration of Σκυλλά.

Walk Skylla’s family in the name graph

SkyllaΣκυλλάScylla

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Skylla, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Siniya

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Siba

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Rikiyah

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Braylah

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Skyelee

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Skylla’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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