Ayla
[ˈeɪ.lə]Meaning
means "moonlight, halo" in Turkish; also an alternate transcription of Hebrew אֵלָה
Background Story
Behind the Name records Ayla as a Turkish name meaning "moonlight, halo", and separately as an alternate transcription of the Hebrew name אֵלָה. It is used in Albanian and Bosnian. A third Ayla was created by Jean M. Auel for her 1980 novel Clan of the Cave Bear, where it is the Neanderthal pronunciation of the orphaned Cro-Magnon girl's real name, which is not given; the name entered the American popularity charts after the 1986 film adaptation.
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