Leela
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning divine play, cosmic play.
Leela by the numbers
In 2025, 51 babies in England and Wales were named Leela. In the US, 216 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 232 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Leylanight101 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leenahospitable; a form of Lena80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leladivine play; a form of Leela142 in the US (2017)
- Laelanight; a form of Layla52 in the US (2017)
- Leelahweary; a form of Leela or Lilah29 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Leela
Names that are said the same way as Leela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Leela, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Leela
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