Leila

English

Alternative forms

• Leyla, Leilah, Leylah, Laila, Layla, Lailah, Laylah, Lela, Lelah

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪlə/
• Rhymes: -eɪlə

Proper noun

Leila (plural Leilas)

1. A female given name from Arabic.
   • 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, London: T Davison, , for John Murray, , →OCLC, page 12:

     Oh! who young Leila’s glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?

   • 1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part III, 1 §, page 220:

     "Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Allie, ileal

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯lɑ/,
• Rhymes: -eilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Lei‧la

Proper noun

Leila

1. a female given name from Arabic
   • 2019, Riikka Pelo, Kaikki elävä, Teos, →ISBN, page 438:

     Leila katsoi ohitseni koko ajan, niin hän oli tehnyt jo aamulla. Hän oli edesmenneen äitini sukupolvea, paksunahkainen, ankaran työn muovaama, eksoottisesta nimestään huolimatta persjalkainen maatiaisnainen, kuten Aku sanoisi.

     Leila looked past me constantly as she had been doing since the morning. She was from the generation of my deceased mother, thick-skinned, a character shaped by hard work, but despite her exotic name, a 'duck-legged country woman', as Aku would say.

Declension

Statistics

• Leila is the 76^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 9,919 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,197 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

See also

• Laila

Anagrams

• aille

French

Alternative forms

• Leïla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lej.la/, /lɛj.la/

Proper noun

Leila f

1. a female given name from Arabic

Anagrams

• aille, aillé, allie, allié

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Leila

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Alternative forms

• Lejla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: Lei‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Proper noun

Leila

1. a female given name

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Lei‧la

Proper noun

Leila f

1. a female given name.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleila/
• Rhymes: -eila
• Syllabification: Lei‧la

Proper noun

Leila f

1. a female given name