Given name
Twylah
“woven with double thread”
Twylah is a variant of Twyla. One English interpretation is “woven with double thread.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Twylah is a variant of Twyla. One English interpretation is “woven with double thread.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Twylah 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 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Twylah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 134
- 0 boys · 134 girls
- Most popular year
- 1931
- 11 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 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1931. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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