Laila

Where Laila comes from

Variant of Leila and Layla, from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā), related to لَيْلَة (layla, “night”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Laila
  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #851 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Laila Freivalds born
    Swedish politician and jurist
  3. 1977
    Laila Ali born
    American television personality and retired professional boxer
  4. 2009
    Peak, #135
    2,379 babies named Laila — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2022
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #309.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
Namesakes
  • Laila Ali · American television personality and retired professional boxer, born 1977
  • Laila Freivalds · Swedish politician and jurist, born 1942
  • Laila Lalami · American writer, born 1968
  • Laila Schou Nilsen · Norwegian tennis player, speed skater, alpine skier, motor racedriver, handball referee, 1919–1998
  • Laila Robins · American actress, born 1959

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.