ليلىMuslim girl names
Meaning
Night
Name meaning
- Origin / language
- Arabic
- Alternate spellings
- Leila, Leyla, Lejla
- Islamic / Qur’anic association
- Not specifically Qur'anic / not established
- Name type
- Single given name
- Category
- Traditional Arabic names
Language and spelling
Layla is Arabic for night. Its literary association with the Layla-and-Majnun story is separate from the literal meaning.
Alternate spellings
- Lejla · Bosnian · Лејла
- Laila · Arabic / Urdu / English · ليلى
- Leyla · Turkish / Azerbaijani / Turkmen / Kurdish / Persian / Arabic / English (Modern) · Leyla
Sources
Meaning checked against the listed source.
Entry reviewed: 2026-10-25
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