Twila

Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. TWIE-lə  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Meaning unknown. Perhaps based on the English word twilight, or maybe from a Cajun pronunciation of French étoile "star" [1]. It came into use as an American given name in the late 19th century.

Related Names

VariantTwyla

Popularity

Categories

baseball players, celestial, currently out of the US top 1000, dark, educators, isograms, night, space, star, times of day, uncertain etymology

Sources & References

  1. Evans, Cleveland Kent. The Great Big Book of Baby Names. Publications International, 2006, page 591.
Entry updated February 4, 2020