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Meaning of the nameNaila

Naila is a feminine name of Arabic origin, the feminine form of Nail, which means 'one who attains'; Nayla is the other spelling used in Brazil.

Meaning

“feminine form of Nail, 'one who attains'”

Source: Behind the Name: Naila · Behind the Name: Nail

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People (2022)
6,499
Rank in Brazil
#2,282
Median age
17 years
2010 Census
5,644
people

Naila in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Naila, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,741 people).

6,462 women 37 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Naila is most common

States with the highest share of people named Naila in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.008%
  2. Pará 0.008%
  3. Amazonas 0.007%
  4. Maranhão 0.005%
  5. Piauí 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,1700.008%
São Paulo1,0710.002%
Pará6640.008%
Minas Gerais4290.002%
Rio de Janeiro3610.002%
Maranhão3540.005%
Ceará3460.004%
Amazonas2890.007%
Paraná2340.002%
Goiás1950.003%
Piauí1610.005%
Santa Catarina1520.002%
Pernambuco1440.002%
Rio Grande do Sul1360.001%
Mato Grosso980.003%
Espírito Santo820.002%
Amapá720.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul690.003%
Sergipe680.003%
Distrito Federal650.002%
Tocantins650.004%
Alagoas540.002%
Rondônia530.003%
Paraíba450.001%
Rio Grande do Norte440.001%
Roraima420.007%
Acre360.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Naila

Behind the Name presents Naila as the feminine form of Nail, an Arabic name meaning 'one who attains' (in English, 'attainer'), according to Hans Wehr's dictionary. The same page gives Nayla as an Arabic variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,626 people named Nayla and 6,499 named Naila, with a median age of 12 and 17.

It writes the sound with I; it is the spelling the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil uses as its entry, with Nayla as a spelling variant.

Other spellings of Naila

SpellingPeople (2022)
Nayla6,626
Naila6,499

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Naila · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Nail · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Naila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Naila

What does the name Naila mean?

Naila means “feminine form of Nail, 'one who attains'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Naila in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,499 people with the first name Naila, which ranks it number 2,282 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Naila a boy's or a girl's name?

Naila is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,462 women and 37 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Naila?

Naila is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Naila most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.008% of the state's population is named Naila (1,170 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Naila?

Nayla. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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