Laelah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning night; a respelling of Layla or Laylah.
Laelah by the numbers
Laelah was given to 41 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Layla
Like Laelah, 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.
- 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)
- Lailynight; a respelled form of Layla or Leila4 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Laelah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Laelah
Names that are said the same way as Laelah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the night
Like Laelah, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Laelah
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