Forename Leyla

Throughout the world, Leyla (ليلى , ليلا , Leyla , among others...) is a widespread girly given name. The first name Leyla is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Turkey, where it is a common female name, Azerbaijan, and Syria, where it is quite a common principally feminine, but very infrequently masculine name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Turkey, Egypt, and Russia. Much less frequently, Leyla is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Leyla

name Leilah, name ליילה, name Leïla, name Léylà, name Leylà, name Lëylâ, name Леыла, name লায়লা, name 莉拉, name 蕾拉, name Laila, name ლეილა, name Leÿla, name Leyla, name Layla, name Leylâ, name Леила, name לילה, name Lēyｌa, name ليلا, name Лейла, name Leïlah, name ليلانا, name لیلا, name Leila, name Лайла, name Лейля, name ライラ, name レイラ, name Leelah, name Lejla, name Lëyla, name 莱拉, name ليلي, name Лэйла, name ليلى, name Léyla

VARIANT	COUNTRY
ليلا, ليلى	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia
Leyla	Tanzania, Azerbaijan, Honduras, Ethiopia, Turkey
Лейла	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, United States, Azerbaijan
لیلا	Iran, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia
Лэйла	Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan
レイラ	Japan
ליילה	Israel
ლეილა	Georgia

First names said to be same

Laila, Layla, Leelah, Leila, Leilah, Lejla, Leylà, Leylâ, Leïla, Leïlah, Leÿla, Léyla, Léylà, Lëyla, Lëylâ, Lēyｌa, Лайла, Леила, Лейля, Леыла, לילה, ليلانا, ليلي, লায়লা, ライラ, 莉拉, 莱拉, and 蕾拉

First name Leyla in the context

Leyla is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Leyla Harding , the Fictional character from Emmerdale; Leela , the main character in the television show Futurama; Leyla Shakarji , character in NCIS; Laila Bakri , character in Les de l'hoquei and Layla Miller , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	leyla saz Turkish composer and writer, TR (b. 1850)
	leyla açba Abkhazian princess and lady-in-waiting at Ottoman court, TR (b. 1898)
	leyla ələsgər qızı məmmədbəyova Azerbaijani and Soviet aviator (1909-1989), AZ (b. 1909)
	leyla babazadə AZ (b. 1905)
	leyla ağalar qızı bədirbəyli Azerbaijani actress, AZ (b. 1920)
	leyla gencer Turkish soprano, TR (b. 1928)
	leyla perrone-moisés Brazilian writer, teacher and literary critic, BR (b. 1934)
	leyla sayar Turkish actress, TR (b. 1939)
	leyla rouhi Iranian-American literary scholar (b. 1950)
	leyla bedirhan kurdish dancer (b. 1903)
	leyla yunus Azerbaijani activist, AZ (b. 1955)
	leyla zana Turkish activist and politician, TR (b. 1961)
	leyla güven Kurdish politician, TR (b. 1964)
	leyla asım turgut (b. 1910)
	leyla gamsız sarptürk Turkish artist, TR (b. 1921)