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Leila
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameArabic and Hebrew
Meaning"Dusk"/ "Night"
Region of originMiddle East
Other names
Related namesLila

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Leila (Hebrew: לילה; Arabic: ليلى) is a feminine given name in the Hebrew, Iranian and Arabic languages.

Leila is the Hebrew and Arabic word for "night", laylah (לילה) (written as ليلة in Arabic). The identification of the word "night" as the name of an angel originates with the interpretation of "Rabbi Yochanan" (possibly Yochanan ben Zakkai, c. 30–90 AD) who read "At night [Abraham] and his servants deployed against them and defeated them” (Genesis 14.14, JPS) as "by [an angel called] night" (Sanhedrin 96a).

The story of Qays and Layla or Layla and Majnun is based on the romantic poems of Qais Ibn Al-Mulawwah قيس بن الملوح, who was nicknamed Majnoon Layla (Arabic: مجنون ليلى)(Arabic for madly in love with Layla) to his cousin Layla Al-Amiriah ليلى العامرية in 7th century Arabia,[1] his poems are considered the paragon of unrequited chaste love, they later became a popular romance in medieval Iran,[1] and use of the name spread accordingly; the name also gained popularity further afield in the Muslim World, amongst Turkic peoples and in the Balkans and India.

Variant spellings include Laela, Laelah, Laila, Layla, Leïla, Leighla, Lejla and Leyla.

In the Nordic countries, Laila or Lajla (pronounced lie-lah) is derived from the Sami name Láilá, the Sami variant of Helga which means holy.[2]

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Fictional and mythological characters

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b [1] Cite error: The named reference "btn" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Láilá, Behind the Name. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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