Lila

Variant of Leila or Lilah, depending on pronunciation; also associated with Spanish lila (“lilac”).

Lila

1. A female given name from Arabic.
   • 1867, Lydia Maria Francis Child, A Romance of the Republic, Ticknor and Fields, published 1867, page 149:

     Your name is flowery too. I used to say Mamita would have called you Lady Viola; but violet colors and lilac colors are cousins, and they both suit your complexion and your name, Mamita Lila.

   • 2014, Marilynne Robinson, Lila, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     “I been thinking about ‘Lila.’ I had a sister Lila. Give her a pretty name, maybe she could turn out pretty.”

From Sanskrit लीला (līlā, “play, charm”).

• Leela

Lila

1. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

• Lail

• Hyphenation: Li‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈlila/

Lila

1. A municipality of Bohol

Variant of Leila. Compare liila.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli(ː)lɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ilɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Li‧la

Lila

1. a female given name

• Lila is the 452^nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 837 female individuals (and as a middle name to 217 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From older Lilas, from French lilas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːla/

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• Hyphenation: Li‧la

Lila n (strong, genitive Lilas, no plural)

1. violet, purple (colour)

• “Lila” in Duden online
• “Lila” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from Cebuano Lila, from lila.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlila/
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: Li‧la
• Homophone: lila

Lila (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎ)

1. A municipality of Bohol, Philippines