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RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Nila.

Dark blue in Indic names; also Nile/Nil-related forms

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Gender context
Girl
Letters
4
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
Not verified
First letter
N
Sources
6

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Nila mean?

Nila has multiple documented accounts. The Indic name comes from Sanskrit nila and related South Asian words for dark blue or a dark colour.

Other dictionary senses connect Nila with the Nile or with a feminine form of Russian Nil. These histories should be retained separately rather than making blue universal. The exact spelling is shared, while the intended language and any original script determine which formation is relevant to an individual bearer.

References for this explanation

  1. Behind the Name — Nila ↗
  2. Wiktionary contributors — Nila (English) ↗

Pronunciation & syllables

Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.

English

  • /nilə/
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

English

  • /naɪlə/
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0

Origin and name formation

Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads

People with the name Nila

Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.

The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).

Use in Philippine-linked records

Public-record transcription

1

eligible source records · 2001

This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.

OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗

Wikidata

1

distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim

Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Nila Aguillo

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Nila in the birth records

Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Nila appears in the PSA name tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →

Similar names to Nila

Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.

Names in this collection

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What rhymes with Nila?

Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.

Names with a similar written ending

Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.

AsilaCerilaDakilaElizabeth SheilaExmilaKalilaLedenilaLeila

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Follow the sources

  1. OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)

    Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.

  2. COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)

    Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.

  3. Wikidata given-name item Q11792252 — Nila (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.

  4. Wikidata — Nila Aguillo (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q11792252 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.

  5. Wiktionary contributors — Nila (English) (opens in a new tab)

    Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.

  6. Behind the Name — Nila (opens in a new tab)

    Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.