Laiyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-la
- Origin
- Arabic
Laiyla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Laiyla mean?
Arabic: variant of Layla
“night”
A spelling of Layla, the heroine of the classic Arabic and Persian love story Layla and Majnun.
Is Laiyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Laiyla is a girls' name.
How popular is Laiyla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Laiyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laiyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
Nicknames for Laiyla
- Lala 12 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Laiyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Sama Rahma Layla Zahara Zayla Salma Zaina Amira Zainab Huda
Names related to Laiyla
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laiyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laiyla, updated 20 October 2026.