Laila - Meaning of Laila

What does Laila mean?

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[ 2 syll. lai-la, la-ila ] The baby girl name Laila is pronounced as LAY-Lah or LEY-Lah in English †. Laila is an Arabic, English, German, and Iranian name of Arabic origin. Laila is a spelling variant of the Arabic and English name Layla.

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Laila is popular as a baby girl name. 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 2009, 0.117% of baby girls were named Laila. It had a ranking of #135 then. In 2018, its usage was 0.087% and its ranking #182. Within the family of girl names directly related to Laila, Layla was the most regularly used. In 2018, it was more widely used than Laila by 4 times.

Baby names that sound like Laila include Laela, Lailah, Layla, Laylah, Leila, Lejla, Lyla, Lylah, Laasya, Laasyah, Lacee, Lacey, Lachesis, Laci, Lacia, Lacie, Lacy, Lacye, Lahja, and Laia.

† Pronunciation for Laila: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"