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Laila
Say it: LAY-luh
Meaning
A spelling of Layla, from Arabic, generally connected with layl 'night'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in the US alongside Layla, especially from the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 38,581 babies given this name since 1884
- At its height in 2009, about 1 in 772 girls
- 1,294 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Layla, Leila, Lailah
Famous bearers
- Laila Ali, American boxer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.