Given name & surname
Twilla
“woven with double thread”
Twilla is a variant of Twyla. One English interpretation is “woven with double thread.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Twilla is a variant of Twyla. One English interpretation is “woven with double thread.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Twilla is a variant of Twyla. An origin associated with Twyla is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Twilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,205
- 0 boys · 1,205 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 36 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 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 744 as a first name in 2020; 153 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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