Layla
Layla means Night, dark beauty.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Language | Multi-regional |
| Starts with | L |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Night, dark beauty”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Nisha — Meanings families give: Night; Night, goddess of night; Night; the beautiful quiet of night; Night, moonlit night; Night, dream, darkness
- Nishant — Meanings families give: End of night, dawn, the peaceful break of day; Dawn, end of night; Dawn, end of night, peaceful
- Shiuli — Night jasmine flower; fragrant autumn bloom
- Sharvari — Night, twilight
- Pournami — Full moon, night of the full moon
- Rakesh — Meanings families give: Lord of the full moon night, master of moonlight; Lord of full moon night; Lord of the full moon night
More girls' names of Arabic origin
- Inaaya — Gift of God, care
- Aisha — Meanings families give: Living, prosperous; Alive, prosperous
- Samaira — Enchanting, jovial
- Aaliya — High, exalted, sublime
- Inaya — Meanings families give: Concern, solicitude; Gift from God
- Sana — Meanings families give: Brilliance, radiance; Brilliance, radiance, prayer
Where this comes from
Layla has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.