Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Leila Name Meaning in Islam
Night, the Persian and French-speaking Muslim dominant spelling of Layla.
- Meaning
- Night, the Persian and French-speaking Muslim dominant spelling of Layla
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ل-ي-ل
- Urdu
- لیلیٰ
- Pronunciation
- LEI-la
- Lucky number
- 8
Is Leila an Islamic name? Yes. Leila is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Night, the Persian and French-speaking Muslim dominant spelling of Layla. It was carried by Leila Slimani. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ل-ي-ل. French-Maghrebi transliteration of Layla. Same root l-y-l, night, dark beauty.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Leila weaves earth and water, the elements of steadiness and mercy, patience and feeling. The person is asked to be both root and river, a slow, sheltering presence. Running through the reading is Al-Latif, the Gracious, meaning the bearer is trusted with an unshowy kindness that reaches the tender parts, joined by Al-Qayyum, the Self-Sustaining, carried as a self-holding constancy. A person named Leila is the family's slow heart.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Night, the Persian and French-speaking Muslim dominant spelling of Layla. While Layla captures Arab world and Western UK/US searches, Leila captures Iranian (Leila is a top Iranian name), French-speaking Muslim communities (Morocco, Algeria. Leila Slimani), and European Muslim diaspora. The same immortal night of Layla and Majnun, but in the spelling that serves Iran and the Francophone Muslim world.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Leila Slimani . Moroccan-French novelist, winner of the Prix Goncourt for 'Chanson Douce' (Lullaby) in 2016
How to Pronounce Leila
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the ل Lam influence
Like Leila, these names carry Lam (ل) as their leading letter influence.
Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Leila
What does the name Leila mean?
The letters of Leila, beginning with Lam, each carry a separate quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read here? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Leila? →
Is Leila mentioned in the Quran?
Quranic vocabulary lies behind a large share of Muslim names, Leila included where its root appears. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Leila mean in Urdu?
The Urdu tradition preserved the meaning of each Arabic letter, the same letters that build Leila. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Leila a good Islamic name?
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Is Leila a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Leila in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is Ilm ul Huroof, the classical Islamic science of letters in the line of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter under Leila is an ontological principle, not just a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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