Laila

Leila (Persian: لیلا; Hebrew: לילה‎‎; Arabic: ليلى‎‎) is a feminine given name in the Iranian, Hebrew and Arabic languages.
Leila is the Arabic and Hebrew word for "night": laylah. The identification of the word "night" as the name of an angel originates with the interpretation of "Rabbi Yochanan" (possibly Yochanan ben Zakkai, c. 30–90 AD) who read "At night [Abraham] and his servants deployed against them and defeated them” (Genesis 14.15, JPS) as "by [an angel called] night" (Sanhedrin 96a).
The story of Qays and Layla or Layla and Majnun is based on the romantic poems of Qais Ibn Al-Mulawwah (قيس بن الملوح), who was nicknamed Majnoon Layla (مجنون ليلى), Arabic for "madly in love with Layla", his cousin Layla Al-Amiriah (ليلى العامرية) in 7th century Arabia. His poems are considered the paragon of unrequited chaste love. They later became a popular romance in medieval Iran, and use of the name spread accordingly. The name gained popularity further afield in the Muslim World, amongst Turkic peoples and in the Balkans and India.
Variant spellings include Laela, Laelah, Laila, Layla, Leïla, Leighla, Lejla and Leyla.
In the Nordic countries, Laila or Lajla (pronounced lie-lah) is derived from the Sami name Láilá, the Sami variant of Helga which means holy.

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Night, A beautiful woman, born at night, dark-haired beauty.

Leila, Laelah, Lila, Leyla

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Laila Ali	1977	Boxer
2	Laila Morse	1945	British actress
3	Laila Rouass	1971	British actress
4	Laila Mehdin	1980	Indian actress
5	Laila Robins	1959	American actress
6	Runa Laila	1952	Bangladeshi singer
7	Laila Elwi	1962	Egyptian actress
8	Laila Boonyasak	1982	Thai actor and model
9	Laila Zaid	1984	Brazilian actress
10	Laila Lalami	1968	American writer
11	Laila Bagge Wahlgren	1972	Swedish singer, manager and songwriter
12	Ida Laila
13	Laila Westersund	1942	Swedish actress
14	Laila Zuberi		Pakistani actress
15	Laila Khan	1997	Laila Khan
16	Laila Snellman	1956
17	Laila Harré	1966	New Zealand politician
18	Laila Freivalds	1942	Swedish politician
19	Laila Tyabji	1947
20	Laila Ali Abdulla		First lady of the Maldives
21	Laila Ripoll	1964	Spanish writer
22	Laila Kinnunen	1939	Finnish singer
23	Laila Rihte	1912	Finnish actress
24	Laila el-Haddad		Blogger, political analyst, social activist, author
25	Laila Biali	1980	Canadian musician
26	Laila al-Othman	1945	Writer
27	Siti Noor Laila	1967
28	Laila Al-Arian		American journalist
29	Laila Shahzada	1926	Pakistani artist
30	Laila Taib
31	Laila Naraghi	1982	Swedish politician
32	Laila Iskander		Egyptian social entrepreneur and politician
33	Laila Shawa	1940	Palestinian artist
34	Laila Ghofran	1961	Moroccan musician
35	Laila Al-Marayati	1963	Doctor, activist
36	DJ Laila	1978	TV and radio personality
37	Laila Al Shaikhli	1965	Iraqi television presenter
38	Laila Sari	1935	Singer
39	Laila Jiménez	1982	Spanish television presenter
40	Laila Halme	1934	Finnish singer
41	Laila Adèle	1978
42	Laila Dåvøy	1948	Norwegian politician
43	Laila Hasan	1946	Dancer
44	Laila Dahl	1964
45	Laila Schou Nilsen	1919	Norwegian tennis player, speed skater, alpine skier, motor racedriver, handball referee
46	Laila Räikkä		Finnish actress
47	Laila Lamoh	1973	German singer
48	Laila Karrouch	1977
49	Laila Pakalniņa	1962	Latvian film director and screenwriter
50	Laila Macharia		Kenyan businessman
51	Laila Goody	1971	Norwegian actress
52	Laila Ohlgren	1937	Swedish engineer, inventor
53	Laila Stieler	1965	German screenwriter and film producer
54	Laila Pullinen	1933	Finnish sculptor and visual artist (1933-2015)
55	Laila Hirvisaari	1938	Finnish writer
56	Laila Storch	1921	American Oboist
57	Laila Stien	1946	Norwegian writer
58	Laila al-Juhani	1969	Saudi Arabian novelist and short story writer
59	Laila Dalseth	1940	Jazz singer
60	Laila Shereen Sakr	1971	Egyptian social scientist
61	Laila Traby	1979	French long distance runner
62	Laila Marie Reiertsen	1960	Norwegian politician
63	Laila Gustavsen	1973	Norwegian politician
64	Laila Andersson-Palme	1941	Swedish actress
65	Laila av Reyni		Faroe singer
66	Laila Soliman	1981	Egyptian writer
67	Laila Novak	1942	Swedish actor and model
68	Laila Jokimo		Finnish film actor
69	Laila Bjurling	1947	Swedish politician
70	Laila Dawa	1969
71	Laila Riksaasen Dahl	1947	Norwegian bishop
72	Laila Salome Fischer	1988	German singer and opera singer
73	Laila Takla		Egyptian politician
74	Laila El Garaa	1977	Paralympic athlete of Morocco
75	Laila Selbæk Rønning	1981	Norwegian cross-country skier
76	Laila Ajjawi
77	Laila Samuelsen	1976	Norwegian singer
78	Laila Driessen-Jansen	1953	Dutch politician
79	Laila al-Ouhaydib		Author
80	Laila Havilio	1960	Chilean artist
81	Laila Ferer e Silva	1982	Olympic javelin thrower
82	Laila St. Matthew-Daniel		Nigerian-born Lebanese women's rights activist and writer
83	Laila Kaland	1939	Norwegian politician Norwegian politician
84	Laila Kveli	1987	Norwegian female cross-country skier
85	Laila Brenden	1956	Norwegian writer
86	Laila Järvinen	1895	Finnish painter
87	Laila Kamilia	1977	Malaysian writer
88	Laila Vakil	1974	British synchronised swimmer
89	Laila al-Atrash
90	Laila Nyström	1942	Swedish actress
91	Laila Thorsen	1967	Norwegian politician
92	Laila Gunilla Wilks	1962
93	Laila Björkstam		Finnish actress
94	Laila	1973	American musician
95	Laila Mikkelsen	1940	Norwegian film director and film producer
96	Laila Andresen	1951	Norwegian sportsperson
97	Laila Kohonen	1934
98	Laila Fevang Marzouk	1993
99	Laila Bērziņa	1965	Latvian politician
100	Laila Amezian		Belgian singer
101	Laila Beathe Førde	1975	Norwegian singer and musician
102	Laila Finska-Bezerra	1968	Finnish rower
103	Laila Dogonyaro
104	Laila Ingrid Rasmussen	1960
105	Laila Davidsen	1974	Norwegian politician
106	Laila Øygarden	1947	Norwegian politician
107	Laila Leknes	1939	Norwegian ceramist
108	Laila Nystad	1981
109	Laila Jansson	1936	Swedish politician
110	Laila Stange	1950
111	Laila Bokhari	1974	Norwegian politician
112	Laila Siikanen	1906	Finnish journalist
113	Laila Carlsen	1969	Norwegian painter
114	Laila Søndergaard	1956
115	Laila Bäck	1963	Swedish politician
116	Laila Sognnæs Østhagen	1966
117	Laila Soufyane	1983	Italian athlete
118	Laila Himle
119	Laila Olsen	1957	Swedish politician
120	Laila Klarskov	1965
121	Laila Yrvum	1953	Norwegian singer
122	Laila Andersson	1938	Danish actress
123	Laila Kantola	1902
124	Laila Boström
125	Laila Koskela	1949	Finnish politician
126	Laila Karttunen	1895