Laili

A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning night; a respelled form of Layla or Leila.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Laili by the numbers

Laili was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Layla

Like Laili, 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)
  • Laelanight; a form of Layla52 in the US (2017)
  • Laelahnight; a respelling of Layla or Laylah41 in the US (2017)
  • Laiylanight; a variant of Layla24 in the US (2017)
  • Lejlanight; a form of Layla22 in the US (2017)
  • Layliananight; an elaborated form of Layla11 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Laili. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lailanight1,735 in the US (2017)
  • Lililily; a diminutive of Lilith or Lilia72 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lailynight; a respelled form of Layla or Leila4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Laylinight; a form of layla4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leili5 in the US (2017)
  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Laili

Names that are said the same way as Laili, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean the night

Like Laili, 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)

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