Leila

English

Alternative forms

• Leyla, Leilah, Leylah, Laila, Layla, Lailah, Laylah, Lela, Lelah

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪlə/
• Rhymes: -eɪlə

Proper noun

Leila (plural Leilas)

1. A female given name from Arabic.
   • 1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, London: […] T[homas] Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 12:

     Oh! who young Leila’s glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?

   • 1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part III, 1 §, page 220:

     "Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."

Related terms

• Laila
• Layla
• Lela
• Leylah

 

Translations

given name

• Arabic: لَيْلَى f (laylā)
• Hebrew: לַיְלָה (he) (Láyla)
• Hindi: लैला (hi) f (lailā)
• Kazakh: Лейла (Leila)
• Russian: Ла́йла (ru) f (Lájla), Лейла́ (ru) f (Lejlá)
• Urdu: لیلٰی (lailá), لیلیٰ (lailá)

Anagrams

• Allie, ileal

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯lɑ/, [ˈle̞i̯lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Lei‧la

Proper noun

Leila

1. a female given name from Arabic
   • 2019, Riikka Pelo, Kaikki elävä, Teos, →ISBN, page 438:

     Leila katsoi ohitseni koko ajan, niin hän oli tehnyt jo aamulla. Hän oli edesmenneen äitini sukupolvea, paksunahkainen, ankaran työn muovaama, eksoottisesta nimestään huolimatta persjalkainen maatiaisnainen, kuten Aku sanoisi.

     Leila looked past me constantly as she had been doing since the morning. She was from the generation of my deceased mother, thick-skinned, a character shaped by hard work, but despite her exotic name, a 'duck-legged country woman', as Aku would say.

Declension

Inflection of Leila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Leila	Leilat
genitive		Leilan	Leilojen
partitive		Leilaa	Leiloja
illative		Leilaan	Leiloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Leila	Leilat
accusative	nom.	Leila	Leilat
	gen.	Leilan
genitive		Leilan	Leilojen Leilain rare
partitive		Leilaa	Leiloja
inessive		Leilassa	Leiloissa
elative		Leilasta	Leiloista
illative		Leilaan	Leiloihin
adessive		Leilalla	Leiloilla
ablative		Leilalta	Leiloilta
allative		Leilalle	Leiloille
essive		Leilana	Leiloina
translative		Leilaksi	Leiloiksi
abessive		Leilatta	Leiloitta
instructive		—	Leiloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Leila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Leilani Leilani accusative nom. Leilani Leilani gen. Leilani genitive Leilani Leilojeni Leilaini rare partitive Leilaani Leilojani inessive Leilassani Leiloissani elative Leilastani Leiloistani illative Leilaani Leiloihini adessive Leilallani Leiloillani ablative Leilaltani Leiloiltani allative Leilalleni Leiloilleni essive Leilanani Leiloinani translative Leilakseni Leiloikseni abessive Leilattani Leiloittani instructive — — comitative — Leiloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Leilasi Leilasi accusative nom. Leilasi Leilasi gen. Leilasi genitive Leilasi Leilojesi Leilaisi rare partitive Leilaasi Leilojasi inessive Leilassasi Leiloissasi elative Leilastasi Leiloistasi illative Leilaasi Leiloihisi adessive Leilallasi Leiloillasi ablative Leilaltasi Leiloiltasi allative Leilallesi Leiloillesi essive Leilanasi Leiloinasi translative Leilaksesi Leiloiksesi abessive Leilattasi Leiloittasi instructive — — comitative — Leiloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Leilamme Leilamme accusative nom. Leilamme Leilamme gen. Leilamme genitive Leilamme Leilojemme Leilaimme rare partitive Leilaamme Leilojamme inessive Leilassamme Leiloissamme elative Leilastamme Leiloistamme illative Leilaamme Leiloihimme adessive Leilallamme Leiloillamme ablative Leilaltamme Leiloiltamme allative Leilallemme Leiloillemme essive Leilanamme Leiloinamme translative Leilaksemme Leiloiksemme abessive Leilattamme Leiloittamme instructive — — comitative — Leiloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Leilanne Leilanne accusative nom. Leilanne Leilanne gen. Leilanne genitive Leilanne Leilojenne Leilainne rare partitive Leilaanne Leilojanne inessive Leilassanne Leiloissanne elative Leilastanne Leiloistanne illative Leilaanne Leiloihinne adessive Leilallanne Leiloillanne ablative Leilaltanne Leiloiltanne allative Leilallenne Leiloillenne essive Leilananne Leiloinanne translative Leilaksenne Leiloiksenne abessive Leilattanne Leiloittanne instructive — — comitative — Leiloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Leilansa Leilansa accusative nom. Leilansa Leilansa gen. Leilansa genitive Leilansa Leilojensa Leilainsa rare partitive Leilaansa Leilojaan Leilojansa inessive Leilassaan Leilassansa Leiloissaan Leiloissansa elative Leilastaan Leilastansa Leiloistaan Leiloistansa illative Leilaansa Leiloihinsa adessive Leilallaan Leilallansa Leiloillaan Leiloillansa ablative Leilaltaan Leilaltansa Leiloiltaan Leiloiltansa allative Leilalleen Leilallensa Leiloilleen Leiloillensa essive Leilanaan Leilanansa Leiloinaan Leiloinansa translative Leilakseen Leilaksensa Leiloikseen Leiloiksensa abessive Leilattaan Leilattansa Leiloittaan Leiloittansa instructive — — comitative — Leiloineen Leiloinensa

Statistics

• Leila is the 76^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 9,919 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,197 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

See also

• Laila

Anagrams

• aille

French

Alternative forms

• Leïla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lej.la/ ~ /lɛj.la/

Proper noun

Leila f

1. a female given name from Arabic

Anagrams

• aille, aillé, allie, allié

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• Lejla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛjlɒ]
• Hyphenation: Lei‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Proper noun

Leila

1. a female given name

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Leila	Leilák
accusative	Leilát	Leilákat
dative	Leilának	Leiláknak
instrumental	Leilával	Leilákkal
causal-final	Leiláért	Leilákért
translative	Leilává	Leilákká
terminative	Leiláig	Leilákig
essive-formal	Leilaként	Leilákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Leilában	Leilákban
superessive	Leilán	Leilákon
adessive	Leilánál	Leiláknál
illative	Leilába	Leilákba
sublative	Leilára	Leilákra
allative	Leilához	Leilákhoz
elative	Leilából	Leilákból
delative	Leiláról	Leilákról
ablative	Leilától	Leiláktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Leiláé	Leiláké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Leiláéi	Leilákéi

Possessive forms of Leila
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Leilám	Leiláim
2nd person sing.	Leilád	Leiláid
3rd person sing.	Leilája	Leilái
1st person plural	Leilánk	Leiláink
2nd person plural	Leilátok	Leiláitok
3rd person plural	Leilájuk	Leiláik

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.lɐ/ [ˈleɪ̯.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.lɐ/ [ˈleɪ̯.lɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.la/ [ˈleɪ̯.la]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.lɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.lɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: Lei‧la

Proper noun

Leila f

1. a female given name.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleila/ [ˈlei̯.la]
• Rhymes: -eila
• Syllabification: Lei‧la

Proper noun

Leila f

1. a female given name