Arabic · Girl name
Layla
“night”
About the name Layla
Layla comes from the Arabic word layla, meaning night. Its fame rests on the classical romance of Layla and Majnun, in which a young poet loses his reason after being parted from his love; the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi gave the tale its best-known literary form. Western listeners met the name through the rock song Layla by Derek and the Dominos, which Eric Clapton wrote after reading a version of that story. Laila, Leila and Leyla are alternative transliterations of the same Arabic original.
- Meaning
- night
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- LAY-lah(2 syl.)
Middle names for Layla
- Layla Rose
- Layla Grace
- Layla Noor
- Layla Jane
- Layla Marie
Questions about Layla
- What does Layla mean?
- Layla is an Arabic name meaning "night".
- How do you pronounce Layla?
- Layla is pronounced LAY-lah, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Layla?
- Variants of Layla include Laila, Leila, Leyla, Lailah.
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