Leilah

Where Leilah comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Leilah.

  • Arabic
Leilah through the years
  1. 1898
    First appearance
    #1,502 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Leilah Babirye born
    Ugandan-born American visual artist, wood sculptor
  3. 1985
    Leilah Sutherland born
    British actress
  4. 2010
    Peak, #1,000
    251 babies named Leilah, the most in any year.
  5. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,753.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
Namesakes
  • Leilah Babirye · Ugandan-born American visual artist, wood sculptor, born 1985
  • Leilah Sutherland · British actress, born 1985
  • Leilah Weinraub · American filmmaker, conceptual artist and former CEO, born 1979
  • Leilah Moreno · Brazilian actress, born 1987
  • Leilah Assunção · Brazilian writer, born 1943

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.