Leyla

Where Leyla comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Leyla.

  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Leyla through the years
  1. 1909
    Leyla Mammadbeyova born
    Azerbaijani and Soviet aviator
  2. 1957
    First appearance
    #6,086 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1961
    Leyla Zana born
    Turkish statesperson
  4. 2020
    Peak, #586
    496 babies named Leyla, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
Namesakes
  • Leyla Zana · Turkish statesperson, born 1961
  • Leyla Mammadbeyova · Azerbaijani and Soviet aviator, 1909–1989
  • Leyla Gencer · Turkish opera singer, 1928–2008
  • Leyla Erbil · Turkish writer, 1931–2013
  • Leyla Alieva · Azerbaijani journalist, born 1985

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.