Laela
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning night; a form of Layla.
Laela by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Laela. In the US, 52 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 111 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Layla
Like Laela, each of these traces back to Layla: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Laylahnight; a form of Layla388 in the US (2017)
- Leilahnight; a form of Layla204 in the US (2017)
- Leylahnight; a form of Layla58 in the US (2017)
- Lejlanight; a form of Layla22 in the US (2017)
- Layliananight; an elaborated form of Layla11 in the US (2017)
- Leylinight; variant spelling of Layla9 in the US (2017)
- Layla-Raenight; a compound of Layla and Rae8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lailinight; a respelled form of Layla or Leila5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Laela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Lailanight1,735 in the US (2017)
- Leeladivine play, cosmic play51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leladivine play; a form of Leela142 in the US (2017)
- Laelbelonging to god58 in England and Wales (2025)
- Laelahnight; a respelling of Layla or Laylah41 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Laela
Names that are said the same way as Laela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the night
Like Laela, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lylanight751 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Lilahnight; a form of leila or lilith464 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilithof the night, spirit of night120 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leylanight101 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lylahnight; a form of Leila or Lilith85 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Laela
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