BabyNameScore

Lilah

LY·lə, IPA /ˈlaɪ.lə/. · 2 syllables

Lilah is comfortably familiar.

91/100

Strong Practical Fit

Balanced across pronunciation, everyday use, lifetime fit and international use.

Name Profile

  1. Pronunciation & Spelling

    Clear, with one common misreading

    A documented English pronunciation is on file: LY-lə, IPA /ˈlaɪ.lə/. Commonly mispronounced as LEE-lah or LAY-lah, in place of the standard LY-lah, IPA /ˈlaɪ.lə/.

    91/100

  2. Everyday Use

    Low risk

    95/100

  3. Growing Up

    Strong lifetime fit

    Works comfortably across child and adult settings.

    82/100

  4. International Use

    Broad international fit

    Works cleanly across the assessed languages and writing systems.

    85/100

NAME DETAILS

DOCUMENTED USE
Feminine
CLOSE SPELLINGS
Lila
Layla
Leila
Laila
Leyla
Lyla
Lylah
Leilah
ORIGIN & HISTORY

About the name

  1. דְּלִילָה (Delilah), Hebrew; ليلى (Layla), Arabic — reflecting the name's two separately documented origin lanes.
POPULARITY

Lilah over time

United States
#179RANK

Rank #179 gives national context, not a classroom forecast.

Recognizable without feeling automatic. Ranked #179 in the U.S., 2025.

SourceU.S. Social Security Administration · 2025 release

Pronunciation & Forms

SAY IT

LY·lə, IPA /ˈlaɪ.lə/.

STRESS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE

CLOSE SPELLINGS
  • Lila
  • Layla
  • Leila
  • Laila
  • Leyla
  • Lyla
  • Lylah
  • Leilah
PRACTICAL LIFE

How This Name Lives

AT SCHOOL & DAY TO DAY

A short, soft two-syllable name that reads as gentle and approachable for a young child, consistent with its 'youthful, natural, wholesome' perception tags.

Cultural Footprint

Sits within the same modern Western naming cluster as Leila, Layla, Lila, and Lyla — variant spellings that draw on both the Arabic layl ('night') tradition (most famously via the medieval romance 'Layla and Majnun') and the Hebrew Bible name Delilah (Samson's betrayer in the Book of Judges); Lilah itself functions as a soft, contemporary-sounding blend point between the two.

More about Lilah

FORMALITY

Functions as a complete given name in both formal and informal registers, and is also documented as a short/pet form of Delilah, giving it a dual role as either a standalone name or an informal variant of a longer biblical name.

Names around it

LeilaView  →
LaylaView  →
DelilahView  →
LilaView  →
LailaView  →
CLOSE SPELLING
LeylaView  →
CLOSE SPELLING
LylaView  →
CLOSE SPELLING
LylahView  →
CLOSE SPELLING
EDITORIAL SYNTHESIS

The Decision

Lilah is spelled without unusual letter patterns, and it holds up in everyday use. Surname-dependent compatibility remains unassessed until a surname is added.

STRENGTH

A documented English pronunciation is on file. Uses standard characters that systems widely handle cleanly.

BEST FIT

Everyday Use is the strongest-scoring part of this name — no obvious nickname traps, rhymes, or initial issues detected.

FULL-NAME CHECK

See how it works with a surname.

Lilah