Meaning, origin and history of the name Leyla

Gender Feminine

Scripts لەیلا (Kurdish Arabic) لیلا (Persian) ليلى (Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. /lej.ˈɫa/ (Turkish) /lej.ˈlɒː/ (Persian) /ˈlaj.laː/ (Arabic) /ˈleɪ.lə/ (English) /ˈli.lə/ (English) /ˈlaɪ.lə/ (English) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Variant of Leila, and the usual Turkish, Azerbaijani and Kurdish form.

VariantsLeyli (Azerbaijani) Leyli (Turkmen) Leila (Kurdish) Leila, Leili, Leyli (Persian) Laila, Layla, Leila (Arabic) Laïla (Arabic (Maghrebi)) Laila, Layla, Leila, Lela, Lila, Lilah, Lyla, Lylah, Leilah (English)

Other Languages & CulturesLeyli (Armenian) Lejla (Bosnian) Leila (French) Leila (Georgian) Laila (Urdu)

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