Given name
Layli
“a beauty of the night; born at nightfall”
Layli is a variant of Laila. One Arabic interpretation is “a beauty of the night; born at nightfall.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Layli is a variant of Laila. One Arabic interpretation is “a beauty of the night; born at nightfall.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Layli is a romanization of Лайлӣ. Лайлӣ comes from Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Layli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 0 boys · 96 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,273 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,273 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 167 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Layli’s family of names
Layli has a related form in Laila. In Tajik usage, Layli is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Лайлӣ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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