Meanings
plural Leilas · alternative Leyla · alternative Leilah · alternative Leylah · alternative Laila · alternative Layla · alternative Lailah · alternative Laylah · alternative Lela · alternative Lelah
- A female given name from Arabic.
Oh! who young Leila’s glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?
1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, London: […] T[homas] Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 121 more example
"Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."
1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part III, 1 §, page 220
Origin
- Arabicلَيْلَى
- EnglishLeila
From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لَيْلَى
- لَيْلَى (laylā)given name
Hebrew לַיְלָה
- לַיְלָה (Láyla)given name
Hindi लैला
- लैला (lailā)given name
Russian Ла́йла, Лейла́
- Ла́йла (Lájla)given name
- Лейла́ (Lejlá)given name
Urdu لیلٰی, لیلیٰ
- لیلٰی (lailá)given name
- لیلیٰ (lailá)given name
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Cite this entry
Leila. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leila
“Leila.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leila. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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