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Well in "Puffy, Xena, Quentin, and Uma" by Joal Ryan, she says that Kayla is Yiddish, meaning "laurel crown" or it's a variation of Katherine. In Bruce Lansky's "35,000+ Baby Names", he says that Kaila is Hebrew meaning "laurel; crown" and Kaela is Hebrew, Arabic meaning "beloved sweetheart" (and yes he does call it a short form of Kalila or Kelila). For Kayla he says it's Arabic or Hebrew "laurel; crown".

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And that's just Kayla and 2 name books! I also got some of my stuff off all kinds of websites. I'm having a ball going through my database and changing things to what I find here, but I am gonna ask about some of it just to see what you all have seen/heard.

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Let's see Lansky has:
Kaelyn as an American combo of Kae + Lynn;
Kalyn, Kaylin as american alternate form of Kaylyn
Kayleen, Kaylene is Hebrew, beloved, sweetheart or alternate form of Kayla
Kaylyn is American combo of Kay + Lynn

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Kailee, Kailey as American familiar forms of Kaila
Kaley as an american alternatate form of Caley, Kaylee
Kaylee is american form of Kayla
Kayleigh is american alternate form of Kaylee

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All other spellings are listed under these or not at all -- and I didn't even check the C page! LOL

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Ryan only has Kayla, Kayli, and Kaylyn listed as separate names; the others just variants under them. Kayli says English, variation of Kayla "laurel crown" and Kaylyn says English, combination of Kay and Lynn.

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So which spelling of which name would be closest to the original?