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Layla

/LAY-la/

Night, dark beauty

What does Layla mean?

Layla means night in Arabic — the legendary Layla-Majnun love story is one of the great romances of world literature. A name of poetic depth.

Origin

Religious / cultural tradition

Muslim

Variations

Layla · Leila · Laila

Nicknames

Lay · Lay-Lay

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