Leila was popularized in the West by the poet Byron who used it in the poem Don Juan for a ten-year-old Turkish girl.

Meaning of leila. This spelling was used by Lord Byron for characters in The Giaour 1813 and Don Juan 1819 and it is through him that the name was introduced to the English-speaking world. Leila is a variation of the name Layla which comes from the Persian and means nightborn at night or dark beauty Used by authors for the names of exotic female characters in the early 19th century. It is of Arabic origin and the meaning of Leila is night beauty.

Dark as the night. The meaning of Leila is Night. They often play dumb and mean but a Leila is a smart girl.

As such it has come to mean. Derived from the Arabic leila night dark beauty or the Persian leila dark-haired. 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.

Leila also appears as a fairy in the Gilbert Sullivan comic opera Iolanthe. Meaning of the name Leila. Leila also appeared as a fairy in Gilbert Sullivans Iolanthe opera.

It is of Arabic origin and the meaning of Laila is night beauty. The name has long been. Its use in England began with George Byons poem Leila Name Meaning.

The name Leila is an American baby name. This is an internationally-used Arabic feminine given name originating in the Semitic languages. This is an internationally-used Arabic feminine given name originating in the Semitic languages.