Ayla is a common feminine Turkish given name.

Turkish

In Turkish the name Ayla is commonly said to mean " halo of light around the moon". Ayla is usually used as synonymous with " moonlight", although it could also mean "halo" in general. "Ay" means "moon" in Turkish, so "Ayla" means the "halo around the moon." "Ayla" also means "with the moon" as a word ("ay" + "la" where "la" is used for "ile" which means "with" in Turkish). However, in the context of given names, its meaning is halo, and can be related to names

Aylin Aylin (, ) is a Turkish female given name. It is sometimes used as a given name in the English-speaking world in modern times. (Also spelled as Aelyn, Ailyn, Ailynn and Aylinn.) The name Aylin also carries the meaning of; “Moon Halo" or, "The o ...

(also deriving from "ay"),

Tülin Tülin is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Tülin" means "Halo around the moon". "Tülin", "Aylin", and "Ayla" are synonymous given names. Beside that meaning, "Tülin" also means "Mirror", according to TDK (Türk Dil Kurumu). ...

, or Aylanur.

Hebrew

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the name Ayla is commonly said to mean "terebinth tree" or "oak tree" from the words "ela/אֵלָה" and "alon/אַלּוֹן" respectively. It has also been attributed to "doe", "gazelle", or "deer" from the words "ayala/אַיָּלָה" and "ayelet/אַיֶלֶת".

Homonyms

Aila is a homophonous name in Finnish (equivalent of Helga or Olga) meaning "bringer of light", and in Scottish meaning "from a strong and resilient place". Ayla is sometimes falsely identified as a variant of feminine

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Aliya Aliya ( ar, عَلِيَّة‎ ), Aaliyah, Alia, or Aliyah is an Arabic feminine given name. It is the feminine of the name Ali, meaning "exalted". People * Aliya bint Ali (1911–1950), Queen of Iraq * ''Aliyah bint Abdallah al-Mansur'', was th ...

" meaning "sublime" or "large". "Aliya" or "Aaliyah" is actually the female form of "Ali" or "Aali" and is an unrelated name. The Turkish variant of "Aaliyah" is closer to "Aliye" not "Ayla."

People

Ayla (producer) Ingo Kunzi (born 7 November 1966) is a German trance producer and DJ, best known for his work under his recording names Ayla and Tandu. The Ayla name was inspired by the name of a girl in the recording studio during his first Ayla recording. K ...

ngo Kunzi(born 1966), German producer and DJ * Ayla Akat Ata (born 1976), lawyer and politician * Ayla Aksu (born 1996), Turkish-American tennis player * Ayla Algan (born 1937), Turkish film/stage actress and singer * Ayla Arslancan (1936-2015), Turkish actress *

Ayla Brown Ayla Marie Brown (born July 28, 1988) is an American recording artist from Wrentham, Massachusetts and former college basketball, NCAA basketball player. She was a contestant on ''American Idol'' on American Idol (season 5), season 5 in 2006 and ...

(born 1988), American artist and former NCAA basketball player * Ayla Dikmen (born 1944), Turkish singer * Ayla Erduran (born 1934), Turkish violin player * Ayla Halit Kazım (born 1934), Turkish Cypriot former politician * Ayla Huser (born 1992), Swiss badminton player * Ayla Kalkandelen (1939–2002), Turkish entomologist *

Ayla Kell Ayla Marie Kell (born October 7, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for the role of Payson Keeler in the ABC Family series ''Make It or Break It''. Career Kell began studying ballet at a young age and danced with the American Ba ...

(born 1990), American actress and former dancer * Ayla Malik (born 1970), Pakistani politician and journalist * Ayla Peksoylu NGEL-I' UK-born singer, songwriter, actress, and professional model * Ayla Reynolds (2010-2011), missing American child *

Safiye Ayla Safiye Ayla (14 July 1907 – 14 January 1998) was one of the most famous singers of Turkish classical music. Early life She was born on 14 July 1907 in Istanbul. Her father, Mısırlı Hicazîzade Hafız Abdullah Bey of Egypt, died before her ...

Targan (born 1907), singer of Turkish classical music

Fictional people

* Ayla, a character from the book series ''Earth's Children'' * Ayla, played by

Daryl Hannah Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her screen debut in Brian De Palma's supernatural horror film '' The Fury'' (1978). She has starred in various movies across the years, i ...

in the 1986 film The Clan of the Cave Bear (movie) based on the novel

The Clan of the Cave Bear ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'' is a 1980 novel and epic work of prehistoric fiction by Jean M. Auel about prehistoric times. It is the first book in the '' Earth's Children'' book series, which speculates on the possibilities of interactions b ...

in the

Earth's Children ''Earth's Children'' is a series of epic historical fiction (or more precisely, prehistorical fiction) novels written by Jean M. Auel set circa 30,000 years before the present day. There are six novels in the series. Although Auel had previous ...

series by Jean Auel. *

Ayla Ranzz Ayla Ranzz, known originally as Lightning Lass (also known as Light Lass and Spark) is a comic book fictional character, who is a super heroine in a future DC Comics universe. She is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes where she is the sister ...

, a character from DC Comics * Ayla, a character from the video game ''Chrono Trigger.'' * Ayla, a young Korean girl in the eponymous 2017 Turkish drama film, nicknamed as such by a Turkish soldier because she was found in moonlight.

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