Nejla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAY-lah
- Origin
- Arabic
Nejla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “with wide, beautiful eyes”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nejla mean?
Arabic: Bosnian and Turkish form of Najla
“with wide, beautiful eyes”
Is Nejla a girl's or a boy's name?
Nejla is a girls' name.
How popular is Nejla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Nejla in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nejla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
Names like Nejla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layla Nayla Nala Noa Ximena Salma Safa Solana Iqra Amira Dua Amora
Names related to Nejla
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nejla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nejla, updated 20 October 2026.