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Leila name meaning

Last Name
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in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Leila mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Leila

User Submitted Origins

Arabic
67%
English
22%
Hebrew
7%
Hawaiian
4%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. 2 submissions from Australia and the United States agree the name Leila means "Dark beauty / night" and is of English / Hebrew origin.
  2. According to a user from Georgia, U.S., the name Leila is of Arabic origin and means "Dark beauty, night, night beauty or darkness".
  3. According to 2 people from the United Kingdom and the United States, the name Leila means "Beautiful night".
  4. A user from Australia says the name Leila means "Beauty/ night".
  5. According to 5 people from the United States and the United Kingdom, the name Leila is of Arabic origin and means "Dark beauty".
  6. According to 9 people from all over the world, the name Leila is of Arabic origin and means "Night".
  7. A user from Spain says the name Leila is of Arabic origin and means "Daughter born at night".
  8. According to a user from the United Kingdom, the name Leila is of Islamic / Muslim origin and means "Of the night".
  9. A user from Florida, U.S. says the name Leila means "Black haired beauty".
  10. A submission from Australia says the name Leila means "Darkness" and is of Mexican origin.
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Wiktionary

From Arabic لَيْلَى‎ (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.

  1. A female given name from Arabic.

Leila was also found in the following language(s): Finnish, French, and Hungarian

Notable Persons Named Leila

Notable Persons Named Leila

Leila de Lima

Leila de Lima is a Secretary of the Philippine Department of Justice, Chairperson of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, Department of Justice (Philippines), and Commission on Human Rights (Philippines). Leila was born on August 27th, 1959 in Iriga.

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Leila Lopes

She holds the title Miss Angola UK 2010, Miss Angola 2010, Miss Universe 2011, and Miss Angola. Leila was given the name Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes on February 26th, 1986 in Benguela.

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Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler was an actress. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1892 to 1934. Marie was given the name Leila Marie Koerber on November 9th, 1868 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. She breathed her last breath on July 28th, 1934.

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Leila Khaled

Leila was born on April 9th, 1944 in Haifa.

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Leila Hatami

She has been prominent since 1996. Leila was born as the child of Ali Hatami on October 1st, 1972 in Tehran.

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Leïla Bekhti

Leïla Bekhti is an actor and actress. Leïla was born on March 6th, 1984 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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  • Leila Hyams
  • Leila Janah
    Founder
  • Leïla Ben Ali
    First Lady of Tunisia
  • Leila Aboulela
    Writer
  • Leila Barros
  • Leila Schneps
  • Leila Vaziri
  • Leila Ismailava
    Journalist
  • Leila Afua Djansi
    Filmmaking
  • Leila Lindholm
    Chef
  • Leila Pinheiro
    Musician
  • Leila Chudori
  • Leila Sbitani
  • Leila Kanaan

Notable Persons With the Last Name Leila

Notable Persons With the Last Name Leila

Princess Leila

She holds the title Princess of Iran. Princess was born as the child of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Farah Pahlavi on March 27th, 1970 in Tehran. She breathed her last breath on June 10th, 2001.

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Leila

Leila is an electronic music musician. Her ongoing career started in 1993. Leila was given the name Leila Arab .

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Faysal Abu Leila

Faysal Abu Leila is an athlete for the Hilal Al-Quds Club.

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Fun Facts about the name Leila

  • What name lists does Leila rank for?
  • How Popular is the name Leila? Leila is the 1,058th most popular name of all time.
  • How many people with the first name Leila have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 47,701 babies born with the first name Leila in the United States. That's more than enough people named Leila to occupy the territory of Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 44,493 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Leila? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 80 new born babies.
  • When was Leila first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Leila is Tuesday, November 26th, 1867.
  • What year had the most people named Leila born? The highest recorded use of the first name Leila was in 2010 with a total of 1,508 babies. That's a lot of babies named Leila!
  • Random Leila Factoid: According to the 2010 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Leila ranks 21st in popularity as a baby girl's name in Hawaii. Imagine that, 25 babies in Hawaii have the same name in 2010.
  • Weird things about the name Leila: The name spelled backwards is Aliel. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Ealil. How do you pronounce that?
  • Leila name meaning

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