Xyla is a modern American name that parents usually explain from the Greek xylon, meaning "wood" or "forest", the same root as xylophone; in practice it works as a fresh respelling of Zyla and Zayla with an eye-catching X. It arrived in the 2010s with the wave of X and Z names like Xiomara and Zara. Xyla entered the US top 1000 in 2022 and has climbed every year to number 763 in 2025.