Layla

Layla \lay-la, la-yla\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Layla is pronounced as LEYLah in English ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Layla: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

What is the origin of Layla?

Layla is primarily used in Arabic and English. Its language of origin is Arabic. Derived literally from the word 'layla' with the meaning intoxication, wine. The name was popularized in the Arabic world by the classical 7th century Middle Eastern love story, Layla and Majnun. Among English speakers, the name later enjoyed a boost in popularity from the Eric Clapton classic love song Layla (1970), inspired by his then-unrequited love for George Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd, who later married Clapton; the title of the song was itself inspired from the Middle Eastern love story. Layla has 23 forms that are used in both English and other languages. English forms of Layla Laela pronounciation, baby name Lailah, Laily meaning of name, meaning of Laleh, name Lallie meaning, Laylah name, Layli meaning, name Laylia origin, baby name Laylie, short names for Leela, Leilia name, baby name Lela, and name Lila. Other English forms the spelling variants baby name Laila (also used in Arabic, German, and Iranian), name Leila origin (also used in Arabic, German, and Iranian), name Leilah (also used in Arabic, German, and Iranian), Lelah definition, nicknames for Lilah, and name Lyla. Forms used in other languages the Czech Lala definition, the Slavic Lejla name popularity, and the Greek name Lelia. The spelling variant Leyla definition (Turkish) is another foreign form. Layla is very popular as a baby girl name, and it perceived as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1990s. At the modest height of its usage in 2010, 0.301% of baby girls were named Layla. It was #37 in rank then. Within all girl names in its family, Layla was the most popular in 2010. Layla was thrice as popular as the 2nd most popular name, Lyla name, in that year.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Layla:

the name Lailah meaning, the Slavic short names for Lejla, the name short names for Lael, the Catalan Laia name popularity, the Arabic, English, German, and Iranian Laila definition, the name Laily meaning of name, the Czech Lala name, the name Lalah meaning of name, the Spanish meaning of Lali, the name name Lalla, the name nicknames for Lallah, the name Lallie name variations, the name Lally name, the name Lalo pronounciation, the name Laloe meaning of name, the name name Laloh meaning, the English name Laya origin, the name name Laylah, the name Layli pronounciation, and the name name Laylie meaning.

The baby name Layla fun facts:

The name Layla in reverse order is "Alyal".

The numerological value of the name Layla is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Layla?

Layla is in the top names in USA.