The name is popular in the Middle East.

Meaning of leila. The name has long been. Leila as a girls name is pronounced LEE-lah LAY-lah LYE-lah. It is of Arabic origin and the meaning of Leila is night beauty.

The name Leila is an American baby name. Last year it ranked 238th in the US. The name is popular in the Middle East.

As such it has come to mean. The name Layla meaning night born at night dark-haired beauty dark beauty and is linked to the Hebrew name transliterated laylah. Used by authors for the names of exotic female characters in the early 19th century.

Its origin is Arabic. The meaning of Leila is Dark-haired beauty. Meaning of Leila Leila means night from Arabic lailā lilac in Turkish wise in Finnish and blessed holy in Scandinavian.

Its use in England began with George Byons poem Leila Name Meaning. Looking for the meaning of the name Leila. In Arabic leila means night Arabs would use this name for their daughters in the convention of describing the quality or character of the baby.

Variant of Layla and the usual Persian transcription. Social Security Administration list. Leila was popularized in the West by the poet Byron who used it in his poem Don Juan for a ten-year-old Turkish girl.