Laila

Spelling variation of Layla (Arabic); Sami variation of Helga (Finland)

"night; holy"

Laila Origin and Meaning

The name Laila is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "night; holy".

Beguiling and lovely, Laila is one of the lilting variations of Leila and Layla. It's the name of the former-boxer daughter of Muhammad Ali and of actor Shawn Wayans. In Finland, the Sami people use this in place of the Scandinavian name Helga.

Laila Rank in US Top 1000

# 312 in the US

Laila Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 793 on Nameberry

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Famous People Named Laila

• Laila Amaria Ali American boxer; daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali
• Laila Morse (born Maureen "Mo" Oldman) English actress
• Laila Mehdin Indian actress
• Laila Abdesselam Rouass British actress
• Laura Annikki "Laila" Kinnunen Finnish pop singer
• Laila Natali Bagge Wahlgren Swedish manager and songwriter
• Laila Ellen Kaarina Hirvisaari Finnish novelist
• Laila Lalami Moroccan,American novelist
• Laila Stien Norwegian novelist
• Laila Ali Abdulla 4th First Lady of the Maldives as wife of president Mohamed Nasheed; mother of Meera Laila and Zaaya Laila Nasheed
• Laila Wayans daughter of actor Shawn Wayans
• Laila Rose Lynche (b. 2012) daughter of singer Michael Lynche
• Laila Aubrielle (b. 2013) daughter of Jazmin Young of TV's "16 and Pregnant"
• Laila Bullock (adopted 2015) daughter of actress Sandra Bullock

Laila in Pop Culture

• Laila Markus daughter of Grace and Leo on TV's "Will and Grace"
• Laila spelling more often used in Finland, where it is pronounced like Lila/Lyla
• Laila character in "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini