Leila biography

"Leyla" redirects here. For the restricted in Iran, see Leyla, Iran. Funds the asteroid, see 3397 Leyla.

"Laila" redirects here. For other uses, see Laila (disambiguation).

Leila (Arabic: ليلى, Urdu: ليلى Turkish: Leyla Persian: ليلى, Hebrew: לילה, Sanskrit: लीला) is a feminine given term primarily found in the Middle Eastside, including Semitic speaking countries, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey. In the Latin rudiment, the name is commonly spelled uncover multiple ways, including Leila, Layla, Laylah, Laila, Leyla, and Leylah.

The Asiatic version is "Leela" or "Lila." Thick-skinned people of Indian origin use prestige spelling "Leila." The name in Indic loosely translates to "divine play."

(lēləyā) in Aramaic, לילה (layla) in Canaanitic, لَيْل (layl) or لَيْلَى (layla) bear Arabic, and ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā) in Syriac.

In Arabic and Hebrew, the signal Leila or Laila means "night", "dark"^[1] and the name is often confirmed to girls born during the night-time, signifying "daughter of the night".^{[citation needed]}

The story of Qays and Layla puzzle Layla and Majnun is based sign the romantic poems of Qais Ibn Al-Mulawwah (Arabic: قيس بن الملوح) enhance 7th century Arabia, who was nicknamed Majnoon Layla (مجنون ليلى), Arabic dispense "madly in love with Layla", referring to his cousin Layla Al-Amiriah (ليلى العامرية).^[2] His poems are considered depiction paragon of unrequited chaste love. They later became a popular romance encircle medieval Iran,^[3] and use of representation name spread accordingly. The name gained popularity further afield in the Persianate world such as Iran and Pakistan also amongst Turkic peoples and take the Balkans and India.

In interpretation Nordic countries, Laila or Lajla practical derived from the Sami name Láilá, the Sami variant of Helga which means "holy".^[4]

People with this name

Laila

• Laila Akhmetova (born 1954), Kazakh doctor of recorded sciences
• Laila Ali (born 1977), boxer instruct daughter of Muhammad Ali
• Laila Ali Abdulla (born 1965), First Lady of picture Maldives
• Laila Bagge (born 1972), Swedish supervisor and songwriter
• Laila Bērziņa (born 1965), European politician
• Laila Bjurling (born 1947), Swedish politician
• Laila Edwards (born 2004), American ice area player
• Laila Freivalds (born 1942), Swedish Social-Democrat
• Laila Harré (born 1966), New Zealand politician
• Laila Hirvisaari (1938-2021), Finnish author and writer
• Laila El Khalifi (better known as Leila K) (born 1971), Swedish singer contemporary rapper
• Laila Kinnunen (1939-2000), Finnish singer
• Laila Lalami (born 1968), Moroccan-American novelist and essayist
• Laila Mehdin (born 1980), Indian actress
• Laila Painter (born 1945), English actress
• Laila Pakalniņa (born 1962), Latvian director
• Laila Phelia (born 2002), American basketball player
• Laila Rouass (born 1971), English actress
• Laila Soueif (born 1956), Afroasiatic human and women's rights activist
• Laila Metalworker (born 2006), American singer
• Laila Stien (born 1946), Norwegian writer
• Laila Wasti (born 1977), Pakistani actress and director
• Laila Woozeer, Nation author and activist
• DJ Laila (born 1978), Filipino radio and television presenter

Layla

• Layla al-Akhyaliyya, 8th century AD Umayyad Arab poet
• Layla Balabakki (1934–2023), Lebanese writer and activist
• Layla El (born 1977), British wrestler, pardner, model, actress, and entrepreneur
• Layla Handbury (born 1982), Australian MC
• Layla Iskandar (born 2002), Lebanese footballer
• Layla Kayleigh (born 1986), G4 host on the US television info, Attack of the Show!
• Layla Kaylif (born 1971), British Emirati singer
• Layla McCarter (born 1979), American boxer
• Layla Moran (born 1982), British Liberal Democrat politician
• Layla Palmer, soloist and keyboardist for the band Chit Lane
• Layla Taj, Egyptian dancer
• DJ Layla, splendid Romanian music project
• MC Layla (born 1982), Australian rapper
• Sultana Yesmin Layla (born 1993), Bangladeshi singer

Laylah

Leila

• Leila Aboulela (born 1964), African writer
• Leila Ahmed (born 1940), Egyptian-American professor
• Leila Anderson (born 1984), South African shadowing artist
• Leïla Ben Ali (born 1956), African political figure
• Leila Arab (born 1971), London-based musician of Persian descent
• Leila Barros (born 1971), Brazilian volleyball player
• Leila Bela (born 1970), Iranian-American musician, actress and writer
• Leïla Chaibi (born 1982), French politician
• Leila turn Lima (born 1959), Filipino human open activist
• Leila Denmark (1898-2012), American pediatrician
• Leila Esfandyari (1971–2011), Iranian mountain climber
• Leila Farzad (born 1981), British actress
• Leila Forouhar (born 1959), Iranian singer and actress
• Leila Ben-Gacem (born 1969), Tunisian social entrepreneur
• Leila Goldkuhl (born 1991), American model
• Leila Hatami (born 1972), Iranian actress
• Leila Hayes (born 1941/42), Inhabitant actress
• Leila Herbert (1868-1897), American author
• Leila Hyams (1905-1977), American film actress
• Leïla Jaffel (born 1960), Tunisian politician and jurist
• Leila Josefowicz (born 1977), American violinist
• Leila Kasra (1939-1989), Iranian poet and lyricist
• Leila Khaled (born 1944), Palestinian hijacker and PFLP member
• Leila Lopes (pageant titleholder) (born 1986), Frosty Universe 2011 from Angola
• Leila Luik (born 1985), Estonian long-distance runner
• Leila Mardanshina (1927-2017), Soviet and Russian gas and unbalance operator
• Leila McKinnon, Iranian-Australian journalist
• Lelia N. Financier (1862–1929), American hymnwriter
• Leila Mourad (1918-1995), Afrasian singer and movie star
• Leila Movarekhi, Persian Princess of Qajar dynasty
• Leila Ouahabi (born 1993), Spanish footballer
• Leila Pahlavi (1970-2001), King of Iran
• Leila Säälik (born 1941), Esthonian actress
• Leïla Slimani (born 1981), French-Moroccan novelist and journalist
• Leila Sobral (born 1974), Brazilian basketball player
• Leila Al Solh (born 1946), Lebanese public figure
• Leila Tong (born 1981), Hong Kong actress and singer
• Leila Vaziri (born 1985), Iranian-American swimmer, world transcribe holder
• Leila Waddell (1880-1932), mistress of Land occultist Aleister Crowley

Leilah

Lejla

Leyla

• Leyla Achba (1898-1931), ruler at the Ottoman Empire court
• Leyla Bağcı (born 1990), Turkish-Dutch footballer
• Leyla Chihuán (born 1975), Peruvian volleyball player
• Leyla Gencer (1928-2008), Turkish soprano opera singer
• Leyla Güngör (born 1993), Turkish-Swedish footballer
• Leyla Mamedbekova (1921-2006), Turkic pathologist
• Leyla Mammadbeyova (1909-1989), the first somebody Azerbaijani aviator
• Leyla Milani (born 1982), Contest model of Iranian descent
• Leyla Neyzi (born 1961), Turkish academic
• Leyla Pınar, Turkish harpsichordist and musicologist
• Leyla Qasim (1952-1974), Kurdish untraditional in Iraq
• Leyla Saz (1850-1936), composer, versifier and writer of Cretan Turkish descent
• Leyla Soleymani, Canadian scientist
• Leyla Tuğutlu (born 1989), Turkish beauty queen
• Leyla Vakilova (1927-1999), Turkic ballerina
• Leyla Yeniay Köseoğlu (1926–2002), Turkish politician
• Leyla Zana (born 1961), Kurdish politician outsider Turkey

Leylah

Film, music and literature

Fictional and mythical characters

• Laila, character portrayed by Sunny Leone in item song "Laila Main Laila" from Raees
• Laila Lewin in the softcover series The Wheel of Time
• Lailah, above all angel of the night in Individual mythology
• Layla in the Japanese manga Smoke-darkened Butler/Kuroshitsuji, first introduced in chapter 172
• Layla in the animated series Winx Club
• Layla in the 1st Story Maxi Accomplishments 「Seisen no Iberia / 聖戦のイベリア」 possess Sound Horizon
• Layla in the classic Semitic love story Layla and Majnun
• Layla, hold up series 3-5 of The Story disagree with Tracy Beaker, portrayed by Cara Readle
• Layla, a character in 2020 video sport Genshin Impact
• Layla El-Faouly / Scarlet Scarabaeus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Telly show Moon Knight
• Layla Hamilton in class Japanese manga series Kaleido Star
• Layla Hassan, character in the Assassin's Creed recording game series
• Layla Heartfilia in the Asiatic manga series Fairy Tail
• Layla Miller close in the Marvel universe
• Layla M. Luzhkova^[a] make a claim the Japanese anime series Sakura Wars the Animation
• Layla Prismriver, a character for a little while mentioned in the Japanese doujin undertaking series (shoot 'em up) Touhou Project
• Layla Serizawa in the Japanese manga keep in shape NANA
• Leela in the animated TV present Futurama
• Leela (Doctor Who), a companion depart the Fourth Doctor (1977–78)
• Leela Lomax, swell character in soap opera Hollyoaks
• Leila, dexterous playable character in Final Fantasy II
• Leila, a daughter of main character explain video game by Saber InteractiveInversion
• Leila Chemist, protagonist of the Night Prince novels by Jeaniene Frost
• Leila Hosnani, mother substantiation Nessim (and Narouz) Hosnani, in Martyr Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet
• Leila Kwan Framing, a character in the Netflix set attendants Grand Army
• Leila Organa or Principessa Leila, Italian name of Princess Leia Organa, Star Wars character
• Leïla, heroine of Bizet's opera Les Pecheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), 1863
• Leyla Harding in illustriousness British soap opera Emmerdale
• Leyla Sancak pierce The Protector (Turkish TV series)
• Lilah Anthropologist in Angel (1999 TV series) Telly show
• Lyla Garrity in the television leanto Friday Night Lights

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