Entry № 5692 · Arabic origin

Laila Laila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LAY-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Night (iconic Laila Ali boxing + Muhammad Ali's daughter)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "night (iconic laila ali boxing + muhammad ali's daughter)".

Laila is from the Arabic laylā (ليلى — night, born at night). Princess Laila — Arabic heritage naming.

Night (iconic Laila Ali boxing + Muhammad Ali's daughter) — a Arabic name.

The name in its native script.

ليلى
Transliteration
Laylā
Pronunciation
/ ˈleɪ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Laila stands.

Laila does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lailas before her.

Real people
Laila Ali
Iconic American boxer + Muhammad Ali's daughter + undefeated 24-0.
born 1977
In fiction
Layla (Nizami)
Iconic Persian-Arabic tragic love story.

Names connected to Laila.

The number behind Laila.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Laila reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.