Girls' names
Layla
Night
لَيْلَى
Layla
Night
Classical Arabicgirlarabic
Pronunciation
Layla
Arabic
لَيْلَى
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Root
l-y-l
Quranic status
Classical Arabic
Alternate spellings
LeilaLaila
Origin & meaning
Classical Arabic name evoking the beauty of the night.
Themes
Same root · l-y-l
Names sharing this root.
“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).