Ayala (given name)

Ayala is a Hebrew female given name (איילה or אילה) meaning 'gazelle', 'doe' or 'hind'.

It is linguistically unrelated to the Spanish surname Ayala, which is of Basque origin.

Given name

 * Florian-Ayala Fauna, American artist, musician, music producer
 * Ayala Hakim, director of the technology division of Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, Israel, previously Brigadier-general of the Israeli Defence Forces
 * Ayala Hetzroni (born 1938), Israeli Olympic shotputter
 * Ayala Ingedashet (born 1978), Ethiopian singer
 * Ayala Procaccia (born 1941), Israeli judge
 * Ayala Truelove (born 1975), Israeli football player
 * Ayala Zacks-Abramov (1912–2011), Israeli art collector