Laila-Mae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-la-MAY
- Origin
- Arabic
Laila-Mae is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night + the month of May”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Laila-Mae mean?
Arabic: Laila + Mae
“night + the month of May”
Joins Laila (Arabic, “night”) and Mae (English, “the month of May”).
Meanings borrowed from Laila and Mae.
Is Laila-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?
Laila-Mae is a girls' name.
How popular is Laila-Mae in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Laila-Mae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laila-Mae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
Names like Laila-Mae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layla, Zainab, Amira, Liyana, Aisha, Aaliyah, Safa, Summer, Khadija, Hafsa, Safiya, Abeeha
Names related to Laila-Mae
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Dua, Hana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laila-Mae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laila-mae, updated 20 October 2026.