Kayla is a recently created English feminine given name combining the name elements Kay and -la. Its use has been influenced by similar-sounding names such as Kaylee. Use of the name increased in the 1980s after the name was used for the character Kayla Brady on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives.
Notable people with the name include:
Ryan Ackroyd, a British computer hacker who posed as a female known as Kayla
Kayla Adamek (born 1995), Polish footballer
Kayla Alexander (born 1991), Canadian professional basketball
Kayla Ard (born 1984), American college basketball coach
Kayla Bamwarth (born 1989), American volleyball player and coach
Kayla Barron (born 1987), American submarine warfare officer, engineer, and astronaut
Kayla Bashore Smedley (born 1983), American field hockey player
Kayla Blake (born 1963), an American actress
Kayla Braxton (born 1991), American sports broadcaster
Kayla Bell (born 1996), British wheelchair basketball player
Kayla Canett (born 1998), American rugby union player
Kayla Clarke (born 1991), Australian swimmer
Kayla Cromer (born 1998), American actress
Kayla Cross (born 2005), Canadian tennis player
Kayla Cullen (born 1992), New Zealand netball player
Kayla Day (born 1999), American professional tennis player
Kayla DiCello (born 2004), American gymnast
Kayla Ewell (born 1985), American actress
Kayla Fischer (born 2000), American professional soccer player
Kayla Grey (born 1993), Canadian television sportscaster
Kayla Harrison (born 1990), American judoka
Kayla Hoffman (born 1988), American artistic gymnast
Kayla Itsines (born 1991), American author, entrepreneur, and personal trainer
Kayla Kessinger (born 1993), American politician from West Virginia
Kayla Kent, American Guitarist and YouTuber.
Kayla Laserson, American epidemiologist
Kayla Maisonet (born 1999), American actress and influencer
Kayla Martell (born 1989), American beauty queen
Kayla McAlister (born 1988), New Zealand netball player
Kayla McBride (born 1992), American professional basketball player
Kayla Mendoza (born 1992), American serving 24 years in prison after being charged with vehicular homicide
Kayla Miracle (born 1996), American wrestler
Kayla Moore (born 1961), American president of Foundation for Moral Law
Kayla Morrison (born 1996), American-Australian footballer
Kayla Mueller (1988–2015), American human rights activist
Kayla Parker (1971–2007), American musician
Kayla Pedersen (born 1989), American basketball player
Kayla Reeves (born 1992), American musician
Kayla Rolland (1993–2000), American child shot and killed by another child
Kayla Sanchez (born 2001), Filipino-Canadian swimmer
Kayla Sharland (born 1985), New Zealand field hockey player
Kayla Sims (born 1999), American YouTuber
Kayla Standish (born 1989), American basketball player
Kayla Stra (born 1984), Australian jockey
Kayla Swarts (born 2003), South African field hockey player
Kayla Tausche (born 1986), American broadcast journalist
Kayla Thornton (born 1992), American basketball player
Kayla Vespa (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
Kayla White (born 1996), American track and field athlete
Kayla Whitelock (born 1985), New Zealand field hockey player
Kayla Williams (author) (born 1976), American writer
Kayla Williams (gymnast) (born 1993), American artistic gymnast
Kayla Young (born 1988), American politician
Fictional characters
Kayla Azfal, character from Ackley Bridge
Kayla Booth, character from Home and Away
Kayla Brady, Days of Our Lives character
Kayla Butts, from Margaret Peterson Haddix's Summer of Broken Rules
Kayla Day, from Eighth Grade
Kayla Forester, from Tom and Jerry.
Kayla Knowles, a daughter of Apollo from Rick Riordan's The Trials of Apollo.
Kayla Morgan, from Cloud 9
Kayla Silverfox, Marvel supervillain
Kayla, the sister of Lee (Timothée Chalamet) from Luca Guadagnino's Bones and All.
Kayla, a kangaroo and Zill's girlfriend in the webcomic ZooPhobia.
Kayla, the alias used by Amy Lau, a character in the Netflix series Beef
Bio-Mech Kayla, the alias used by Mikayla "Kayla" Maciel, a character created by Canadian YouTuber PopCross Studios.