Leily
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-LEE
- Origin
- Arabic
Leily is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Leily mean?
Arabic: Persian form of Leila, from Arabic layl 'night'
“night”
The Arabic love story of Layla and Majnun was famously retold by the Persian poet Nizami.
Is Leily a girl's or a boy's name?
Leily is a girls' name.
How popular is Leily in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Leily in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leily in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Leily
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lainey, Kennedy, Brynlee, Finley, Blakely, Lily, Teagan, Londyn, Legacy, Lennon, Ailany, Kinley
Names related to Leily
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Leily: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leily, updated 20 October 2026.