Laila Forename
839th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,044,914 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Lebanon
Laila Forename Definition:
A Arabic name, meaning: Heroine of a Persian romance which has been celebrated in verse by numerous native poets, Nizami’s rendition being one of the classics of the language.
Laila Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 100% | 170,139 | 1:202 | 37 |
| Iraq | 99% | 122,778 | 1:285 | 40 |
| Egypt | 100% | 111,608 | 1:823 | 147 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 86,153 | 1:379 | 46 |
| India | 100% | 65,366 | 1:18,586 | 2,651 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 43,898 | 1:3,633 | 527 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 37,394 | 1:6,899 | 909 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 37,170 | 1:151 | 16 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 34,359 | 1:5,657 | 775 |
| Yemen | - | 27,707 | 1:949 | 164 |
| Syria | - | 23,564 | 1:819 | 159 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 22,672 | 1:1,359 | 237 |
| Jordan | 100% | 22,292 | 1:396 | 80 |
| Philippines | 99% | 21,449 | 1:4,942 | 843 |
| Brazil | 100% | 19,408 | 1:11,039 | 1,202 |
| Sudan | 50% | 16,460 | 1:2,297 | 423 |
| Palestine | 100% | 14,880 | 1:306 | 59 |
| Norway | 100% | 14,557 | 1:353 | 79 |
| Kuwait | - | 13,070 | 1:290 | 38 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10,954 | 1:653 | 74 |
| Sweden | 100% | 10,777 | 1:915 | 158 |
| Algeria | 100% | 9,597 | 1:3,978 | 507 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9,334 | 1:5,655 | 894 |
| Mozambique | - | 9,120 | 1:2,987 | 632 |
| Denmark | - | 8,400 | 1:673 | 146 |
| Libya | - | 7,712 | 1:807 | 145 |
| United States | 100% | 7,708 | 1:47,034 | 2,698 |
| Oman | 100% | 5,903 | 1:696 | 95 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 5,703 | 1:5,339 | 617 |
| Spain | 100% | 5,010 | 1:9,287 | 727 |
| Finland | 100% | 4,300 | 1:1,275 | 267 |
| Somaliland | - | 3,674 | 1:953 | 186 |
| Nigeria | 84% | 3,623 | 1:49,010 | 3,617 |
| France | 100% | 3,445 | 1:19,295 | 900 |
| Somalia | - | 3,431 | 1:3,942 | 530 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,196 | 1:7,697 | 1,041 |
| England | 100% | 2,152 | 1:25,838 | 1,496 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,944 | 1:17,044 | 1,626 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,841 | 1:368 | 49 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,807 | 1:38,775 | 4,510 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,573 | 1:17,156 | 1,373 |
| Niger | 97% | 1,451 | 1:13,221 | 1,154 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,294 | 1:8,879 | 1,015 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,290 | 1:96,236 | 2,522 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,280 | 1:47,705 | 1,318 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1,112 | 1:1,813 | 296 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,102 | 1:19,610 | 1,785 |
| Germany | 100% | 848 | 1:114,007 | 2,284 |
| Comoros | - | 784 | 1:971 | 176 |
| Uganda | 100% | 708 | 1:57,849 | 3,250 |
| Bahrain | - | 636 | 1:2,121 | 357 |
| Argentina | 100% | 563 | 1:75,974 | 1,663 |
| Russia | 100% | 563 | 1:256,188 | 3,513 |
| Kenya | - | 543 | 1:85,280 | 4,785 |
| South Africa | 100% | 532 | 1:102,505 | 8,247 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 490 | 1:61,637 | 3,353 |
| Zambia | - | 425 | 1:37,305 | 2,610 |
| Nepal | 95% | 372 | 1:76,579 | 4,702 |
| Australia | - | 365 | 1:37,418 | 2,014 |
| Iran | 100% | 286 | 1:274,465 | 4,349 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 285 | 1:28,819 | 1,695 |
| Qatar | 88% | 258 | 1:9,185 | 1,493 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 247 | 1:298,897 | 11,934 |
| Ecuador | - | 246 | 1:72,061 | 2,108 |
| Greenland | - | 218 | 1:259 | 47 |
| Poland | 96% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Colombia | 100% | 185 | 1:258,264 | 5,378 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 182 | 1:7,131 | 1,026 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 175 | 1:175,923 | 4,261 |
| Portugal | - | 166 | 1:62,716 | 2,006 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 153 | 1:155,357 | 15,469 |
| Suriname | 100% | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 126 | 1:140,848 | 3,705 |
| Brunei | 100% | 119 | 1:3,526 | 356 |
| Estonia | 100% | 117 | 1:11,243 | 1,217 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Czechia | 100% | 90 | 1:118,402 | 1,239 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Senegal | 93% | 83 | 1:175,679 | 3,792 |
| Panama | 100% | 76 | 1:51,402 | 3,385 |
| Burkina Faso | 97% | 73 | 1:251,774 | 10,522 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 68 | 1:722 | 159 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 68 | 1:236,889 | 3,253 |
| Maldives | 100% | 66 | 1:6,574 | 358 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 58 | 1:140,557 | 12,423 |
| Guinea | 100% | 56 | 1:211,762 | 2,567 |
| Austria | 100% | 55 | 1:154,804 | 2,643 |
| Scotland | 100% | 54 | 1:99,081 | 2,365 |
| Chile | 100% | 51 | 1:345,239 | 4,938 |
| New Zealand | - | 51 | 1:88,942 | 3,966 |
| Peru | 100% | 44 | 1:722,533 | 11,133 |
| Singapore | 100% | 44 | 1:142,888 | 7,923 |
| Greece | 100% | 42 | 1:260,346 | 4,693 |
| Namibia | - | 42 | 1:57,242 | 3,348 |
| Georgia | 100% | 41 | 1:91,182 | 3,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 40 | 1:576,898 | 20,488 |
| Wales | 93% | 40 | 1:77,358 | 2,170 |
| Israel | 72% | 37 | 1:227,106 | 6,594 |
| Rwanda | - | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| Ireland | 100% | 35 | 1:132,672 | 2,941 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 33 | 1:41,255 | 3,938 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 31 | 1:153,805 | 4,045 |
| Croatia | 100% | 28 | 1:150,610 | 3,044 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 28 | 1:1,624,997 | 4,464 |
| China | - | 27 | 1:50,594,659 | 62,307 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Iceland | 100% | 25 | 1:14,641 | 1,158 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 25 | 1:616,953 | 25,845 |
| Mauritania | 79% | 21 | 1:195,011 | 5,838 |
| Benin | 100% | 20 | 1:528,792 | 17,134 |
| Hong Kong | - | 19 | 1:408,038 | 4,068 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 19 | 1:180,402 | 3,521 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 16 | 1:35,253 | 1,637 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Turkey | 100% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Belize | 100% | 11 | 1:32,210 | 2,977 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 10 | 1:723,680 | 5,820 |
| Albania | 100% | 9 | 1:338,508 | 14,218 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,071,438 | 15,295 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Honduras | 100% | 9 | 1:979,719 | 11,190 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Guyana | 100% | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Congo | - | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Moldova | 100% | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
The alternate forms: Laïla (4,157), Laíla (21), Láila (7), Laîla (2) & Lãila (1) are calculated separately.
Laila (75,610) may also be a surname.
Laila Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Arabic name, meaning: Heroine of a Persian romance which has been celebrated in verse by numerous native poets, Nizami’s rendition being one of the classics of the language.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Scotch name, meaning: [Of] the lowlands.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Laila Forename Popularity
Laila Demographics
Laila Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 8 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Laila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laila in the Russian language | ||
| Лаила | laila | - |
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