Layla DOES NOT mean night. In Arabic, night is Leilah which is spelled with a ة ليلة, but Layla, which sounds very similar to Leila, is spelled with a ى : ليلى., which is completely different. The meaning of Layla is the happiness of alcohol, meaning as if you are drunk, euphoria... You can find it in the Arabic dictionary.
ليلى (Arabic) PRONOUNCED: LAY-la (English) [key] Means "night" in Arabic. This was the name of the object of romantic poems written by the 7th-century poet known as Qays. The story of Qays and Layla became a popular romance in medieval Arabia and Persia. My name is Layla and I really like it. I have only ever met one other person called Layla and it's spelt differently.
Layla is an ARABIC name, not Hebrew and it means night fall or evening. Not dark beauty, and Eric Clapton's song was about his wife who cheated on him with a close friend... Layla was not her name obviously, for legal purposes.
Layla means the ‘ecstasy of wine’, and also means a clear moonless night where only stars are visible.
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The name Layla means Night in Hebrew. Pronunciation: Lay-La Name quite popular amongst Sephardic or Mizrachi Jews.
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I'm not sure but I think it means Love in Urdu.
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The meaning of the name is NOT, in fact, "night". This is a common mistake, if you inspect the spelling in Arabic you can see they're two different words. The name LAYLA means the light, giddy feeling when one has the first drink of the night, that is, not drunk but on the way to being drunk, the beginning of the intoxication. I hope I have translated it clearly.
In Arabic, night is Leilah which is spelled with a ة
ليلة, but Layla, which sounds very similar to Leila, is spelled with a ى : ليلى., which is completely different. The meaning of Layla is the happiness of alcohol, meaning as if you are drunk, euphoria...
You can find it in the Arabic dictionary.