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Infobox Given Name Revised| name = Leila| image=| imagesize=| caption=| pronunciation=| gender = Female| meaning = " Night "| region =| nickname =| origin = Semitic languages | related names = Laila, Layla, Lejla, Leyla, Lela, Lila (given name)|Lila | footnotes = Special:Prefixindex/Laila|All pages beginning with "Laila" Special:Prefixindex/Layla|All pages beginning with "Layla" Special:Prefixindex/Leila|All pages beginning with "Leila" Special:Prefixindex/Lejla|All pages beginning with "Lejla" Special:Prefixindex/Leyla|All pages beginning with "Leyla" wiktionary|Lailawiktionary|Appendix:Proto-Semitic_*layl- Laila , Layla , Leila , Lejla or Leyla (lang-ar| ???? ) is an internationally-used Arabic feminine given name originating in the Semitic languages . The name is derived from the Semitic root|tri-consonantal root : ?-?-? (Lamedh-Yodh-Lamedh) Lamedh| L - Yodh| Y - Lamedh| L (???, a root shared with the Hebrew language|Hebrew name ???? which transliterated, sounds Laila ) and means " Night "; over time it has been taken to mean "Born at Night," "Dark-haired Beauty" or "Dark Beauty."Norman, 2003, p. 359. Another version of this name in English is "Lilith."
The 7th century Arab poet Qays addressed romantic poems to a woman called Layla. The story of Qays and Layla or Layla and Majnun became a popular romance in the medieval Arab World and Iran|Persia , http://www.behindthename.com/name/layla Layla, Behind the Name. Retrieved 12 January 2012. and use of the name spread accordingly; it gained popularity further afield in the Muslim World , among the Turkic peoples and in the Balkans and India . It has also acquired a following among Jew s and in the Anglosphere|English-speaking world , especially after the 1970 hit song " Layla " by Derek and the Dominos, the title of which was inspired by the medieval story.
In the Nordic countries , Laila or Lajla (pronounced lie-lah) is derived from the Sami languages|Sami name Láilá , the Sami variant of Helga which means holy . http://www.behindthename.com/name/la10ila10 Láilá, Behind the Name. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
People with this name
Laila
Laila Ali , boxer and daughter of Muhammad Ali
Laila Ali Abdulla , First Lady of the Maldives
Laila Bagge , Swedish people|Swedish manager and songwriter
Laila Freivalds , Swedish people|Swedish Social democracy|Social-Democrat
Laila Harré , New Zealand politician
Laila Hirvisaari , Finnish people|Finnish author and writer
Laila Lalami , novelist and essayist
Laila Mehdin , India n actress
Laila Rouass , English people|English actress
Laila Stien , Norwegian people|Norwegian writer
DJ Laila , Filipino radio and television presenter
Laila (musician) , an American R& B musician
Layla
Layla El , United Kingdom|British World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE -wrestler of Morocco|Moroccan descent
Lilith , name with the same etymological Semitic root|roots
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