Layla
Gender: F
Origin of Layla: Arabic
Meaning of Layla: "dark beauty"
Layla's Popularity in 2011: #33
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A lovely musical name (remember the old Derek & the Dominos song?), Layla's seen a significant surge in popularity, partly through its kinship with hugely successful Kayla and partly because of the stylishness of virtually every name for girls that has a double l: Lila, Leila, Lily, Lillian, and so on.
Layla has rocketed from its first entry onto the Top 1000 in 2007 to the Top 50 today, an astonishing feat in baby name world. While her name is beautiful, she'll have plenty of company from other girls with similar names.
