Girl · Arabic
Leila
Say it: LEE-luh
Meaning
From Arabic layla 'night', known in the West from the Persian and Arabic love story of Layla and Majnun and from Byron's poems.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Introduced to English readers by Byron in the 1810s and used in the US since the 1800s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 49,107 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1891, about 1 in 1,000 girls
- 1,399 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lela, Layla, Leyla
| Arabic | Layla |
|---|---|
| Turkish | Leyla |
| Persian | Leyla |
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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