Lejla
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning night; a form of Layla.
Lejla by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lejla. In the US, 22 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 47 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Layla
Like Lejla, 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)
- Layliananight; an elaborated form of Layla11 in the US (2017)
- Leylinight; variant spelling of Layla9 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lejla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the night
Like Lejla, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Lylanight751 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lailanight1,735 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)
- Lylahnight; a form of Leila or Lilith85 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lejla
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