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.^{[1] [2]}

Notable people with the name include:

• Ryan Ackroyd,a British computer hacker who posed as a female known as Kayla
• Kayla Bashore Smedley (born 1983), American field hockey player
• Kayla Blake (born 1963), an American actress
• Kayla Clarke (born 1991), Australian swimmer
• Kayla Cullen (born 1992), New Zealand netball player
• Kayla DiCello (born 2004), American gymnast
• Kayla Ewell (born 1985), American actress
• 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 Laserson, American epidemiologist
• Kayla Martell (born 1989), American beauty queen
• Kayla McAlister (born 1988), New Zealand netball player
• 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 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 Tausche (born 1986), American broadcast journalist
• Kayla Williams (author) (born 1976), American writer
• Kayla Williams (gymnast) (born 1993), American artistic gymnast