Laila
English
editEtymology
editVariant of Leila and Layla, from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā), related to لَيْلَة (layla, “night”).
Proper noun
editLaila (plural Lailas)
- A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
- 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 101:
- “Laila it is,” Fariba said, smiling tiredly. “Night Beauty. It’s perfect.”
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Norwegian or Finnish Laila, often interpreted as a Sami name, or from Arabic لَيْلَة (layla, “night”). Used in Denmark since early 20th century.
Proper noun
editLaila
- a female given name
Faroese
editProper noun
editLaila
- a female given name
Usage notes
editMatronymics
- son of Laila: Lailuson
- daughter of Laila: Lailudóttir
Declension
editSingular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Laila |
Accusative | Lailu |
Dative | Lailu |
Genitive | Lailu |
Finnish
editEtymology
editFirst recorded in Finland in 1875. Explained as a Sami name, and used for Sami heroines in films and literature, without clear etymological proof. Possibly a variant of Aila. It may also derive from Arabic لَيْلَة (layla, “night”), as a variant of Leila which is actually more popular in Finland than Laila.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLaila
- a female given name
Declension
editInflection of Laila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | Laila | Lailat | |
genitive | Lailan | Lailojen | |
partitive | Lailaa | Lailoja | |
illative | Lailaan | Lailoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Laila | Lailat | |
accusative | nom. | Laila | Lailat |
gen. | Lailan | ||
genitive | Lailan | Lailojen Lailain rare | |
partitive | Lailaa | Lailoja | |
inessive | Lailassa | Lailoissa | |
elative | Lailasta | Lailoista | |
illative | Lailaan | Lailoihin | |
adessive | Lailalla | Lailoilla | |
ablative | Lailalta | Lailoilta | |
allative | Lailalle | Lailoille | |
essive | Lailana | Lailoina | |
translative | Lailaksi | Lailoiksi | |
abessive | Lailatta | Lailoitta | |
instructive | — | Lailoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Laila is the 192nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,285 female individuals (and as a middle name to 631 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
editGerman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBoth from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā) and Finnish Laila.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLaila f (proper noun, genitive Lailas or Laila, plural Lailas)
- (fairly rare, but of some native use) a female given name
Declension
editLatvian
editEtymology
editFirst recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Finnish or Norwegian Laila, or from Arabic لَيْلَة (layla, “night”).
Proper noun
editLaila f
- a female given name
References
editNorwegian
editEtymology
editMade popular by the Sami heroine in a short story "Fra Finmarken"(1881) by J.A.Friis. Explained as a possible variant of Aila. First recorded in Norway as a given name in the 1880s.
Proper noun
editLaila
- a female given name
References
editSwedish
editEtymology
editFirst recorded in Sweden in 1884. Borrowed from Norwegian and Finnish Laila. Interpreted as a Sami name.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editLaila c (genitive Lailas)
- a female given name
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ل ي ل
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Arabic
- English terms with quotations
- Danish terms derived from Norwegian
- Danish terms derived from Finnish
- Danish terms derived from Arabic
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish terms derived from Sami languages
- Finnish terms derived from Arabic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑilɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑilɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- German terms derived from Arabic
- German terms derived from Finnish
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German terms with rare senses
- German given names
- German female given names
- Latvian terms derived from Finnish
- Latvian terms derived from Norwegian
- Latvian terms derived from Arabic
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Swedish terms derived from Norwegian
- Swedish terms derived from Finnish
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names