Amila

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ამილა in GE Georgia and เอมลา in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Amila is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name3.3K records spelled Amila5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Âmila, Amilã, Ámila

• Indonesian given name2.8K records spelled Amila4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Amila

• Croatian given name1.5K records spelled Amila10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, United States, North Macedonia

  Languages: Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian

  Also written Амила, Àmiĺà

• French given name656 records spelled Amila3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Bosnia & Herzegovina, South Africa

  Also written Ãmïĺà

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Amila is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In mnc, romanization of ᠠᠮᡳᠯᠠ

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, upe Krievijas Krasnojarskas novadā, Tubas kreisā satekupe, izteka Kurtušibinas grēdas ziemeļaustrumos pie Tivas Republikas robežas

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 78 years between 1916–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Amila Terzimehićb. 1988BABosnian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 288 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Amila?

We estimate roughly 3.1 thousand people bear Amila (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Amila have the most bearers?

Amila is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled amila.

How common is Amila compared with other names?

In Bosnia & Herzegovina, Amila is the 311th most common given name of 3,870 given names recorded there.

Is Amila a male or female name?

Amila is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Amila mean?

Recorded meaning: hopeful