Leila
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Leila is an Arabic (or Persian) name meaning “night,” “dark as night,” or “dark beauty,” with many spellings like Layla and Lila.
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls
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Usage of Leila in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Leila against each list of names.
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Albanian
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Arabic
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Bengali
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Bulgarian
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Catalan
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Chinese
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Cornish
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Czech
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Dutch
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English
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Finnish
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French
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Georgian
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German
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Greek
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Hawaiian
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Hebrew
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Hungarian
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Indonesian
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Irish
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Italian
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Japanese
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Latin
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Persian
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Polish
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Russian
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Scottish
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Spanish
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Leila is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Leila in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,193 girls were named Leila, making it the #259 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 55,436 girls have been named Leila, with the most (1,509) in 2010. It is most common, relative to births, in Hawaii, Alaska and Washington, D.C..
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Leila in other languages
- Laila Dutch, Latvian
- Layla Dutch
- Leyla Turkish
- Lila English
- ليال Arabic
Leila name days
- August 28 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Leila
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Leila, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Tropical storm Leila | 1973 | South Indian Ocean | – |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Leila
There are 8 towns and villages with Leila in their name, in 6 countries.
🇨🇳 China 2🇲🇦 Morocco 2🇨🇺 Cuba 1🇪🇪 Estonia 1🇸🇩 Sudan 1🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Abu Leila | Southern Kordofan, 🇸🇩 Sudan | – | Map |
| Leila | Guangxi, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Leila | Yunnan, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Leila | Lääne, 🇪🇪 Estonia | – | Map |
| Santa Leila | Mayabeque, 🇨🇺 Cuba | – | Map |
| Douar Hit Leila | Fes-Meknes, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Douar Oulad Leila | Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Leila Avenue Villas | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Leila
There are 4 lakes and reservoirs with Leila in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 3🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Lac Leila | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Leila | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Leila | Alaska, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Leila Wynne Lake | Newfoundland and Labrador, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Leila songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Leila in their title. The best known:
- Leila – Frank Beard (1981)
- LEILA (McKinney)
- Leila's Song: Alone (Again or At Last) – John Adams
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Leila
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Leila.
Leila Hatami
Leila Lindholm
Leila Lopes
Leila Pinheiro
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Fictional characters named Leila
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Leila as a pet name
FurryName has found 204 dogs named Leila in public pet registers, making it the #699 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Zurich (7), Nariño (municipality) (1), Fusagasugá (1). Leila as a dog name →
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