Given name & surname
Zilla
“the shadowed one”
Zilla is a variant of Zillah. One Hebrew interpretation is “the shadowed one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zilla is a variant of Zillah. One Hebrew interpretation is “the shadowed one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zilla is a variant of Zillah. An origin associated with Zillah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Zilla is a variant of Zillah. The history of Zillah gives this family its wider story. Zillah has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Zilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 288
- 0 boys · 288 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 14 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 7 in 1951. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 146 as a first name in 2020; 178 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.
Zilla’s family of names
In German usage, Zilla is a diminutive of Cäcilia. Zilla has a related form in Zillah. In Greek usage, Zilla as a surname is a transliteration of Ζήλλα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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