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Given name · Russian · inh

Лейла

“night”

Лейла (Léjla) is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in Russian.

Russian and inhWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Leila.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Лейла goes back to a word meaning “night.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Лейла comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic لَيْلَى.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Лейла’s family of names

In Russian usage, Лейла has a conventional equivalent in the English form Leila. In Russian usage, Лейла has a conventional equivalent in the English form Leyla. In Russian usage, Лейла has a conventional equivalent in the English form Leilah.

Walk Лейла’s family in the name graph

ЛейлаLéjlaLeilaلَيْلَى

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 4

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