Zyla is a modern American coinage with no established etymology; it is usually read as a respelling of Zaila or Zayla, a Z-version of Isla or Kyla, and some connect it to the Arabic Zaila, "beautiful" or "blooming". It belongs to the group of brief, Z-initial girls' names, such as Zara and Zuri, that climbed in the 2010s. Zyla rose from number 9873 in 2000, entered the US top 1000 in 2024 and ranks number 953 among girls' names in 2025.