Lila
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Lila is Arabic for “night,” for a girl born at night. Lila is a Hindu name meaning “dance of God” or “God’s free will,” and in Sanskrit “playful.” Lila is also linked to flowers, as Persian “lilac” or Latin “lily.” In the 1972 film The Thing with Two Heads, Lila is the loyal ex-girlfriend of Jack Moss.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Lila in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Lila against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Lila is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Lila in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,670 girls were named Lila, making it the #186 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 76,493 girls have been named Lila, with the most (1,969) in 2010. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., Vermont and Rhode Island.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Lila in other languages
- Leila Arabic, Dutch, Italian
- Lili German, Hungarian
- Lilja Icelandic, Swedish
- Lilla English
- Lilly Swedish
- Lily Dutch
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Lila
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Lila, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Cyclone Lila (Category 2) | 1986 | South Indian Ocean | 176 km/h |
| Tropical storm Lila | 1986 | South Indian Ocean | – |
| Tropical storm Lila | 1986 | South Indian Ocean | – |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Lila
There are 45 towns and villages with Lila in their name, in 16 countries.
🇮🇳 India 19🇲🇽 Mexico 7🇨🇳 China 3🇳🇵 Nepal 2🇵🇹 Portugal 2🇺🇸 United States 2🇦🇴 Angola 1🇦🇷 Argentina 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Lila | County of Osijek-Baranja, 🇭🇷 Croatia | 167 | Map |
| La Lila | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 4 | Map |
| La Lila | Coahuila, 🇲🇽 Mexico | – | Map |
| La Lila | Durango, 🇲🇽 Mexico | – | Map |
| La Lila | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | – | Map |
| Lila | 🇦🇴 Angola | – | Map |
| Lila | East, 🇨🇲 Cameroon | – | Map |
| Lila | Yunnan, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Lila | Guangxi, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Lila | Guizhou, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Lila
There are 11 lakes and reservoirs with Lila in their name, in 4 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 7🇨🇦 Canada 2🇦🇺 Australia 1🇹🇭 Thailand 1
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| Lake Lila | Georgia, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Lila | New York, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Lila | Ohio, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lila Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lila Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lila Lake | Washington, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lila Lake | Alaska, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lila Reservoir | Colorado, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Nong Lila | Si Sa Ket, 🇹🇭 Thailand | Map |
| Bottom Lila Lake | New South Wales, 🇦🇺 Australia | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lila songs
2 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Lila in their title. The best known:
- Das Lila Lied (1920)
- Lila Wolken – Marteria (2012)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Lila
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Lila.
Lila Downs
Lila Tretikov
Fictional characters named Lila
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Lila as a pet name
FurryName has found 341 dogs named Lila in public pet registers, making it the #477 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Cambridge (15), Richmond (4), Nariño (municipality) (1). Lila as a dog name →
FurryName has found 20 cats named Lila in public pet registers, making it the #404 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Laval (3), Miranda (1), Fusagasugá (1). Lila as a cat name →
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