| The girl name Laila [ syll. lai-la, la-ila ] is pronounced as LEY-Lah KEY. Laila is an Arabic, English, German, and Iranian name of Arabic origin. Laila is a form of the Arabic name Layla. Laila is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.112% of baby girls were named Laila. It had a ranking of #147 then. Within the family of girl names directly related to Laila, the Arabic Layla was the most regularly used in 2007. It was more widely used than Laila by 65% in that year. Baby names that sound like Laila include the Arabic Layla, the Turkish Leyla, the English and Hebrew Leah, the Arabic, English, German, and Iranian Leila, the Arabic, English, German, and Iranian Leilah, the Italian Lelia, the English Leola, the German, Italian, and Portuguese Lia, the English Lila, the German Lili, the English Lilla, the English Lillah, the German Lilli, the English Lillie, the English Lilly, the German Lilo, the English Lily, the Spanish Lola, the English Louie, the English Lula, the English and German Lulu, the German and Italian Lea, the English Lee, the English Leigh, the French Léa, the English Lil, the Italian Lilia, and the Breton, French, and English Lou. KEY: approx pronunciation for Laila: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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