Leyla


Gender:
Origin: Persian
50 famous people named Leyla found on Wikipedia.
7238 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 646-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 618-th in year 2017
Used in: Arabic, Azerbaijani, English, Persian, Turkish

Meanings

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.


Dark-haired beauty, night.

Famous People: 50 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Leyla Milani 1982 Canadian actor and model
2 Leyla Tuğutlu 1989 Turkish actress
3 Leyla Harding
4 Leyla Zana 1961 Turkish activist and politician
5 Leyla Onur 1945 German politician
6 Leyla McCalla 1985 American musician, singer, songwriter and cellist
7 Leyla Gencer 1928 Singer
8 Leyla Aliyeva 1986 Azerbaijani television-presenter, born 1986
9 Leyla Piedayesh 1970 German entrepreneur
10 Leyla Yunus 1955 Azerbaijani activist
11 Leyla Qasim 1952 Iraqi activist
12 Leyla Rohrbeck 1990
13 Leyla Hussein 1980 Somali psychotherapist and social activist
14 Leyla Dakhli 1973 French-Tunisian historian
15 Leyla Umar 1928 Turkish author and journalist (1928-2015)
16 Leyla Sayar 1939 Turkish actress
17 Leyla Demiriş 1945 Turkish soprano opera singer
18 Leyla Saz 1845 Turkish composer and writer
19 Leyla Achba 1898 Ottoman Empire princess
20 Leyla Dartel 1930 Argentinian actor
21 Leyla Bouzid 1984 Tunisian film director
22 Leylâ Erbil 1931 Turkish writer
23 Leyla Söylemez 1989
24 Leyla Güven 1964 Politician
25 Leyla Neyzi 1961 Turkish academic
26 Leyla Badirbeyli 1920 Soviet actor
27 Leyla Chihuán 1975 Female volleyball player from Peru
28 Leyla Acaroglu Sustainability strategist
29 Leyla Gül 1974
30 Leyla Gamsız Sarptürk 1921
31 Leyla Tavşanoğlu Turkish journalist
32 Leyla Güngör 1993 Turkish women's footballer
33 Leyla Pafumi 1975 Italian model and television presenter
34 Leyla Alaton 1961 Turkish Jewish businesswoman
35 Leyla Yeniay Köseoğlu Turkish politician
36 Leyla Pınar Turkish musician
37 Leyla Vakilova 1927 Azerbaijani ballerina
38 Leyla Gediz 1974 Turkish artist
39 Leyla Mammadbeyova 1922 Azerbaijani pathologists
40 Leyla Adamyan 1949
41 Leyla Akhmerova 1957 Olympic field hockey player
42 Leyla Tuifua 1986 French volleyball player
43 Leyla Tasdelen 1964 Turkish author
44 Liza Leyla
45 Leyla Bağcı 1990 Turkish association football player
46 Leyla Gamsiz Sarptürk
47 Leyla İmret 1987 Turkish politician
48 Leyla Shikhlinskaya 1947
49 Leyla Altın 1941 Turkish actress
50 Leyla Metin