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Meaning of the nameTayla

Tayla is a spelling of the name Taila, which means “probably a feminine form of Taylor, an English surname that designated the tailor”.

Meaning

“probably a feminine form of Taylor, an English surname that designated the tailor”

Source: Behind the Name: Tayla · Behind the Name: Taylor

People (2022)
14,603
Rank in Brazil
#1,311
Median age
9 years
2010 Census
4,010
people

Tayla in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Tayla, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (7,534 people).

14,486 women 117 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 Tayla is most common

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

  1. Amapá 0.025%
  2. Amazonas 0.023%
  3. Pará 0.020%
  4. Maranhão 0.017%
  5. Roraima 0.017%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,0850.005%
Pará1,5940.020%
Minas Gerais1,3520.007%
Maranhão1,1610.017%
Bahia1,1530.008%
Amazonas8920.023%
Rio de Janeiro8020.005%
Paraná7350.006%
Ceará5330.006%
Rio Grande do Sul4760.004%
Pernambuco4690.005%
Santa Catarina3800.005%
Mato Grosso3690.010%
Goiás3560.005%
Piauí3350.010%
Espírito Santo2700.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul2530.009%
Sergipe2330.011%
Amapá1820.025%
Rondônia1690.011%
Tocantins1560.010%
Alagoas1530.005%
Distrito Federal1410.005%
Roraima1060.017%
Paraíba1020.003%
Acre790.010%
Rio Grande do Norte670.002%

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

The spelling Tayla

It has a Y in place of the I, like Taylor, the English name from which Behind the Name derives it.

About the name Taila

The origin of the spelling Taila is uncertain; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records it without an etymology, with variants such as Teila and Tailha. For the spelling Tayla, Behind the Name gives a probable feminine form of Taylor, influenced by similar-sounding names such as Kayla, and Wiktionary describes it as an English creation based on Taylor, a surname that designated the tailor. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 20,849 people named Taila, with a median age of 10; proportionally, the name is most common in Amapá. The four spellings differ in the initial T or TH and in the I or Y.

Other spellings of Taila

SpellingPeople (2022)
Taila20,849
Thayla17,737
Tayla14,603
Thaila9,801

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Tayla · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Taylor · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Tayla · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Taila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  5. Wiktionary: Tayla · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  6. Behind the Name: Tayla · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Tayla

What does the name Tayla mean?

Tayla means “probably a feminine form of Taylor, an English surname that designated the tailor”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Tayla in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,603 people with the first name Tayla, which ranks it number 1,311 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Tayla is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 14,486 women and 117 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Tayla?

Tayla is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Tayla most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.025% of the state's population is named Tayla (182 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Tayla?

Taila, Thayla and Thaila. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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