Name profile

Laila

feminine

87First-name usabilityWorkable with minor friction

Evidence coverageLimited

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It is one of the common Latin-script spellings of the Arabic name built on layl, shared with Layla, Leila, and Leyla, and echoes the classic story of Layla and Majnun.

Why it works

short, simple spelling with no unusual letter patterns
spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Distinctive — #413 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Laila means Laila comes from the Arabic word layl, meaning 'night.'.

Documented origin: It is one of the common Latin-script spellings of the Arabic name built on layl, shared with Layla, Leila, and Leyla, and echoes the classic story of Layla and Majnun.

Well supportedTraced to a root word or element rather than a single, direct historical gloss.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Popularity without panic

Distinctive — #413 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Recognizable without feeling overused.

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