Nejla is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “large-eyed.” In 2024 it was given to 6 girls in the United States.
Nejla belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “large-eyed” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Nejla first appears in Social Security records in 1982. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #8316 in 2015, and in 2024 6 babies received the name — 156 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Nejla means “large-eyed” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Nejla is a girl name. In 2024, 6 babies received the name in the US.
Nejla comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Nejla first appears in US records in 1982. Its best-ever ranking was #8316 in 2015, and 6 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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