Behind the Name: Comments for the name Leila

Comments for LEILA:

I'm not sure but I think it means Love in Urdu. I'll have to check on it.

-- Anonymous User 4/8/2007

LEILA is Arabic for 'dark' and 'born of night.'
There are FOUR ways of spelling the name:
LAYLA, LAILA, LEILA, LEYLA.
There is a woman politician called Layla Zana.

-- flowerbudstar 5/31/2008

It is of Arabic origin, and the meaning of Leila is "night beauty". Used by authors for the names of exotic female characters in the early 19th century.

-- oddone460 5/14/2013

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