Gender: Girl
Meaning: Night; dark beauty; intoxicating
Origin: Arabic — from Layla (لَيْلَى), meaning night or born at night
Popularity: Ranked #37 in 2024 with 5,305 babies born.
History: Layla is one of the great names of Arabic literature — the beloved in the classic Persian and Arabic story of Layla and Majnun, a tragic love story predating Romeo and Juliet that influenced poetry across the Islamic world for centuries. Eric Clapton's immortal 1970 song Layla — one of rock music's greatest love songs — introduced the name to Western audiences and gave it an indelible association with passionate, aching beauty. The name entered the U.S. top 100 in the 2000s and top 50 by the 2010s. Its soft sounds and romantic history make it genuinely timeless.
Famous people named Layla: Layla (Eric Clapton song), Layla El (wrestler)
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Layla? About 1 in 627 babies born in 2024 were named Layla, or roughly 14.6 per day in the United States.
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