Laila

Variant of Leila and Layla, from Arabic لَيْلَى‎ (laylā), related to لَيْلَة‎ (layla, “night”).

Laila (plural Lailas)

1. A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 101:

     “Laila it is,” Fariba said, smiling tiredly. “Night Beauty. It’s perfect.”

• -lalia, ilala

From Norwegian or Finnish Laila, often interpreted as a Sami name, or from Arabic لَيْلَة‎ (layla, “night”). Used in Denmark since early 20th century.

Laila

1. a female given name

Laila

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Laila: Lailuson
• daughter of Laila: Lailudóttir

First recorded in Finland in 1875. Explained as a Sami name, and used for Sami heroines in films and literature, without clear etymological proof. Possibly a variant of Aila. It may also derive from Arabic لَيْلَة‎ (layla, “night”), as a variant of Leila which is actually more popular in Finland than Laila.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯lɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Lai‧la

Laila

1. a female given name

• Laila is the 192^nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,285 female individuals (and as a middle name to 631 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• ailla, lilaa

• Leila

Both from Arabic لَيْلَى‎ (laylā) and Finnish Laila.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯la/

Laila f (proper noun, genitive Lailas or Laila, plural Lailas)

1. (fairly rare, but of some native use) a female given name

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Finnish or Norwegian Laila, or from Arabic لَيْلَة‎ (layla, “night”).

Laila f

1. a female given name

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Laila was the only given name of 2236 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Made popular by the Sami heroine in a short story "Fra Finmarken"(1881) by J.A.Friis. Explained as a possible variant of Aila. First recorded in Norway as a given name in the 1880s.

Laila

1. a female given name

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• 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.

First recorded in Sweden in 1884. Borrowed from Norwegian and Finnish Laila. Interpreted as a Sami name.

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Laila c (genitive Lailas)

1. a female given name