Laylaa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-la
- Origin
- Arabic
Laylaa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Laylaa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Layla; Arabic word name
“night”
The Persian poet Nizami's version of Layla and Majnun inspired Eric Clapton's song Layla.
Meaning borrowed from Layla. More on Wiktionary.
Is Laylaa a girl's or a boy's name?
Laylaa is a girls' name.
How popular is Laylaa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 girls.
Laylaa 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 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Laylaa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Laylaa in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laylaa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Laylaa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Safaa, Zainab, Hiba, Ayah, Rahma, Aaliyah, Huda, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Sumayyah
Names related to Laylaa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Laylaa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laylaa, updated 20 October 2026.