Meaning, origin and history of the name Leyli

Gender Feminine

Usage Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Armenian, Persian

Scripts لیلی (Persian)

Note In Azerbaijani this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as LEYLİ in uppercase and leyli in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Azerbaijani, Turkmen and Armenian variant of Leyla. Leyli and Majnun is a 16th-century Azerbaijani poem by Fuzuli based on the Arab tale of Layla and Majnun.

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VariantsLeyla (Azerbaijani) Leyla (Turkmen) Leila, Leili, Leyla (Persian)

Other Languages & CulturesLaila, Layla, Leila, Leyla (Arabic) Laïla (Arabic (Maghrebi)) Lejla (Bosnian) Layla, Leila, Laila, Leilah, Lela, Leyla, Lila, Lilah, Lyla, Lylah (English) Leila (French) Leila (Georgian) Leila, Leyla (Kurdish) Leyla (Turkish) Laila (Urdu)

Leyli

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