Muslim Name · Female · Bosnian / Arabic origin

ليلى

Lejla Name Meaning in Islam

Night.

ليلى·Lejla
Meaning
Night. Bosnian spelling of Layla. Top Bosnian girls name. Lejla Vujadinovic. Bosnian basketball player
Origin
Bosnian / Arabic
Gender
Girl
Arabic root
ل-ي-ل
Urdu
لیلیٰ
Pronunciation
LEJ-la
Lucky number
8

Is Lejla an Islamic name? Yes. Lejla is an established name in Muslim use, Bosnian / Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Night. Bosnian spelling of Layla. Top Bosnian girls name. Lejla Vujadinovic. Bosnian basketball player. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.

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Section 1 · Arabic Root

Where the Name Comes From

ل-ي-ل

ل-ي-ل. Bosnian transliteration of Layla. Same root l-y-l. The Bosnian Cyrillic-Latin orthography uses 'lj' for the palatal lateral.

Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof

Read Letter by Letter

Letters in Lejla: ل Lam · ي Ya · ل Lam · ى Ya. Follow each letter for its full spiritual reading in the AsrNaam Ilm ul Huroof reference.

Section 3 · Synthesis

What This Reading Says About You

Lejla 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 Lejla holds their people through seasons.

Section 4 · What Families Say

What People Usually Mean by This Name

Night. Bosnian spelling of Layla. Top Bosnian girls name. Lejla Vujadinovic. Bosnian basketball player. Captures specifically Bosnian and ex-Yugoslav Muslim searches.

Section 5 · Bearers

Who Has Carried This Name

How to Pronounce Lejla

PronunciationLEJ-la  ·  lej·la  ·  2 syllables
Ilm ul HaroofLam authority, Ya reaching, Lam authority, Ya reaching.

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Like Lejla, these names carry Lam (ل) as their leading letter influence.

Each form is Lejla, claimed by a different community, each with its own moment of recognition.

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About the name Lejla

What does the name Lejla mean?
Lejla means: Night. Bosnian spelling of Layla. Top Bosnian girls name. Lejla Vujadinovic. Bosnian basketball player.

Behind the meaning sits each letter, each with a quality of its own. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about Lejla? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Lejla? →

Is Lejla mentioned in the Quran?
The exact form Lejla does not appear in the Quran. The root ل-ي-ل, from which Lejla comes, appears in the Quran; the name carries the root, not the verse.

Most Islamic names trace back to the Quran in some form. Browse where Lejla fits in. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →

What does Lejla mean in Urdu?
Lejla in Urdu is لیلیٰ (Lejla) in the South Asian Islamic tradition.

The Urdu tradition preserved the meaning of each Arabic letter, the same letters that build Lejla. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →

Is Lejla a good Islamic name?
Yes. Lejla is a name valued in Muslim tradition, meaning Night. Bosnian spelling of Layla. Top Bosnian girls name. Lejla Vujadinovic. Bosnian basketball player. The Prophet ﷺ said: "You will be called by your names on the Day of Resurrection, so give yourselves good names" (Abu Dawud). Every letter in Lejla carries a specific spiritual quality, not metaphorically, but structurally.

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Is Lejla a girl or boy name?
Lejla is traditionally a Muslim girl name meaning Night. Bosnian spelling of Layla. Top Bosnian girls name. Lejla Vujadinovic. Bosnian basketball player. Used across Pakistan, the Arab world, Turkey, Malaysia, and Muslim diaspora communities worldwide, each community with their own spelling and their own story.

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What is the spiritual meaning of Lejla in Ilm ul Huroof?
Double Lam gives double authority, Ya reaches, Ya arrives.

The reading comes from Ilm ul Huroof, the letter-science Ibn Arabi taught. Each letter in Lejla carries an ontological role. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →

What names go perfectly with Lejla as a sibling name?
The best sibling names for Lejla share a complementary spiritual quality, either the same root letter or a harmonious contrast. Parents instinctively seek names whose letter qualities form a coherent family field.

The related-names list above shows the names most often chosen alongside Lejla. For a girl named Lejla, look for letter families that complement its dominant letter and root.

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Is Lejla a rare or common Muslim name?
Lejla (Night. Bosnian spelling of Layla. Top Bosnian girls name. Lejla Vujadinovic. Bosnian basketball player) is used across the Muslim world. Pakistan, the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, and wherever Muslims name their children with intention. The specific spelling you see here is one of the recognised forms. Different communities claim their own spelling, each one a signature of a tradition.

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