Laila

läila English Etymology Variant of Leila and Layla, from en ar لَيْلَى, related to ar لَيْلَة night. en ar ل ي ل Pronunciation en /ˈleɪlə/ /ˈlaɪlə/ some women en eɪlə aɪlə 2 Proper noun s en female Arabic Leila. en 2007 w:Khaled Hosseini w:A Thousand Splendid Suns BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018) 101 “Laila it is,” Fariba said, smiling tiredly. “Night Beauty. It’s perfect.” Anagrams en aaill -lalia ilala Danish Etymology From da no - or da fi - no Laila, often interpreted as a Sami name, or from da ar لَيْلَة night. Used in Denmark since early 20th century. Proper noun da proper noun da female Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun fo female Usage notes f Lailuson Lailudóttir Declension Laila Lailu Lailu Lailu Finnish Etymology First recorded in Finland in 1875. Explained as a fi smi name, and used for Sami heroines in films and literature, without clear etymological proof. Possibly a variant of fi Aila. It may also derive from fi ar لَيْلَة night, as a variant of fi Leila which is actually more popular in Finland than Laila. Pronunciation Proper noun fi female Declension Lail a Statistics dvv_20250813 3060 663 203 References Anagrams fi aaill ailla lilaa German Alternative forms de Leila Etymology Both from de ar لَيْلَى and de fi Laila. Pronunciation de /ˈlaɪ̯la/ Proper noun f,s.gen:s:- de fairly _ rare but of some native use de female Declension f,s[rare].gen:s:- Latvian Etymology First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From lv fi - or lv no - fi Laila, or from lv ar لَيْلَة night. Proper noun lv proper noun f lv female References Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0 Population Register of Latvia: Laila was the only given name of 2236 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. Norwegian Etymology Made popular by the Sami heroine in a short story "Fra Finmarken"(1881) by J.A.Friis. Explained as a possible variant of no Aila. First recorded in Norway as a given name in the 1880s. Proper noun no proper noun no female References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 529 females with the given name Laila living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011. Swedish Etymology First recorded in Sweden in 1884. Borrowed from sv no - and sv fi - no Laila. Interpreted as a Sami name. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Laila.wav Proper noun c sv female