Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /lej.ˈlɒː/(Persian) /ˈlaj.laː/(Arabic) /ˈleɪ.lə/(English) /ˈli.lə/(English) /ˈlaɪ.lə/(English) /lɛj.la/(French)
Meaning & History
Variant of Layla, and the usual Persian transcription.This spelling was used by Lord Byron for characters in The Giaour (1813) and Don Juan (1819), and it is through him that the name was introduced to the English-speaking world.