Laila
[ˈlaɪ.lə]Meaning
from the Arabic word layl, meaning "night" or "dark"
Background Story
Laila is a feminine given name of Arabic origin, a variant of Layla, and comes from the Arabic word layl, meaning "night" or "dark". In the Latin alphabet it is commonly spelled Leila, Layla, Laylah, Laila, Leyla and Leylah, and it is used in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, French, Georgian, Kurdish, Persian, Turkish and Turkmen, as well as in Czech, Dutch, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Old Norse, Portuguese and Sami as a Scandinavian and Finnish form of Lila. The story of Qays and Layla, based on the poems of Qais Ibn Al-Mulawwah in 7th-century Arabia, later became a popular romance in medieval Iran, and use of the name spread accordingly.
Temperament
Variations
Leila, Layla
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