Given name & surname · Greek
Λέλα
“night”·“a beauty of the night; born at nightfall”
Λέλα is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Lela.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Λέλα is Lela written in the Greek alphabet. In English use, Lela has a related form in Leila. One Arabic interpretation is “night.” Lela is a variant of Laila. One Arabic interpretation is “a beauty of the night; born at nightfall.”
Explained through its name family
Λέλα’s family of names
In Greek usage, Λέλα has a transliteration in Lela.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Elenaequivalent
- Lenaequivalent
- Elinaequivalent
- Eleniequivalent
- Nitsaequivalent
- Λέναequivalent
- Έλεναequivalent
- Ελένηequivalent
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Λέλα
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