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Re: meaning of Lail
i am a girl i was born in billings montana. My mom had a girl friend named lail when she was gong to nursing school. Other then that i have no other information. thank you lail
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"Lail" is an Arabic word which literally means "night". It is also the title of Chapter 92 of the Koran: "Al-Lail", "The Night".Other forms of the name are: Laila, Layla, Leela, Leelah, Leilah, Leilia, Lela, Lelah, Lelia, Leyla.-- Nanaea
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In the North Carolina city I just left, most people were of German descent (woodworkers who came for the wagon factories and later provided the skilled labor for furniture-making) and "Lail" was a common last name. No idea what it means tho. (No Arabs I ever met, altho scads of Mexicans in the last coupla years...)But i'd be inclined to think "Lail" as a first name came from the possibly-German surname.
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