Gender: Girl
Meaning: Night, dark beauty
Origin: Arabic
Popularity: Ranked #370 in 2024 with 839 babies born.
History: A variant of Leila, from the Arabic meaning night. The love story of Laila and Majnun is one of the most famous in Arabic and Persian literature. Muhammad Ali named his daughter Laila. It has been popular since the 2000s.
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Laila? About 1 in 3,967 babies born in 2024 were named Laila, or roughly 2.3 per day in the United States.
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