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Girls Named Leila
This chart illustrates how many Girls were named Leila in the U.S. since 1880.
Records indicate that at least 31,868 girls have been named Leila since 1880 in the United States.
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User Comments about the name Leila
Comment left Nov 18, 2009: "My baby is due in March and we are naming her Leila." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Aug 24, 2008: "I like my name Leila, I was named after--- not the Futurama character or the Eric Clapton song, but Leila Khaled, the Palestinian militant activist. "Leila" does get mispronounced a lot as "lee-la", not "lay-la"... apparently my father wanted to have it spelled Layla but my mother insisted on using the same spelling as Leila Khaled. Like the name though." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Aug 24, 2008: "My name is Leila (lay-la), apparently I was named after the Palestinian activist Leila Khaled. (I used to tell that to everyone when I was little until I learned who she was, and now I usually keep quiet about it, haha.) I've always loved my name, and it suits me cos I'm dark-haired (: It does get mispronounced as lee-la a lot, but I still like my name." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Aug 12, 2008: "I use to hate the name growing up (pronounced LEE LAH). I was harrassed all through High School thanks to Eric Clapton. I think my mom just liked the name. I think it is a very grown up name. I get a lot of compliments about my name now and one nice thing about the pronunciation is I know when a telemarketer is calling because they never get it right." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 25, 2008: "My Beautiful baby daughter's name is Leila (lay La) And I always get Leela or Lie la But it is Lay-La she is a pint sized Leila Ali (whom I did not name her after but get asked from time to time) I gave her this name because I wanted twins Leila and Leena but didn't have twins so I went with Leila which means black beauty in African - Suiting :)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 27, 2008: "As a 1970s Leila (LEE-lah), I'm frequently asked if I was named for "that Eric Clapton song." I wasn't...I was born four years before he re-released the Derrick & the Dominoes song. ;) I have had some, ok a lot, of issue with mispronunciation/spelling of my name. At this stage, I just say, "No, it's not Layla...it's Leila, rhymes with Sheila." I've also had people tell me I should change my name to something more suitable to my looks. As a red-headed, freckle-faced Irish girl...it is a bit odd to have an Arabic name meaning dark (haired) beauty. I love my name either way. I was definitely unique amongst my classmates growing up, and still am amongst my peers today.
Don't hesitate to use this beautiful and mellifluous name unless you're unable to handle having to correct people constantly.
I have never met another Leila who pronounces their name Lee-lah in person. I've met a few Lelas and one Leela." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 07, 2008: "My daughters name is Leila, pronouced 'Lay-la". I've always loved that Eric Clapton song, and I loved the spelling of this. When people see the spelling, they ask if it's after the girl in Futurama, but it's really after the song! Mispronounciation and misspellings weren't an issue with us. She'll get used to it like I did lol." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Mar 10, 2008: "My two-year-old daughter's name is Leila and it's almost always pronounced correctly (Layla). I also get asked whether I named her after the Eric Clapton song, but actually the most famous Leila is from the ancient love story of Leila and Majnun--the Eastern version of Romeo and Juliet. Every Middle Eastern child knows this tale, and Leila is a very common name throughout the Middle East." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 25, 2008: "I named my daughter Leila. People always pronounce it wrong. We Pronounce it "LEELAH." Once we say it, people still say it wrong! And they always think we named her after the Eric Clapton song. We actually got it from the one eyed, purple haired girl on "Futurama." Still Have not met anyone with the name." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Dec 22, 2007: "Gorgeous exotic name, especially for a dark-eyed brunette." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 08, 2007: "My daughter named Leila and I think it's the right way to spell...LOL" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 27, 2007: "I have wanted to name one of my children Leila as long as i can remember! it is so beautiful and just flows... lol. But when it comes to the spelling of it im not sure which one to use....Lejla would be grammatically correct in serbo-croatian(mother language) but it might be hard to say in english so i leila or layla... hard decision do you know which would be the easiest to pronounce for other people when they meet her?" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 18, 2007: "My daughter's name is Leia and she gets Leila all the time. She's actually getting used to it and named a puppet she was making Leila. She's now nearly five. At 3 1/2 yrs she was overheard muttering in her sleep 'It's not Leila, its not Leah, its Leia L E I A Leia.' Poor kid. Daddy's idea. But she seems to be more relaxed now." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 15, 2007: "We're planning on calling our new baby Leila (pronounced Lay'la) but my mother is worried about the effect of mispronunciations etc. Judging from the comments it seems like problems are common but that those with the name love it regardless. We're sticking with it - it's so pretty!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 13, 2007: "My name is Lejla.. pronounced Lay-la like in Eric Claptons song... And people often get it wrong and call me Lila.. Pretty annoying :) Cuz I like my name as it is and think itýs very pretty!!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Nov 29, 2006: "i love the name leila and if i have a girl when i'm older i want to call her liela coz its a gorgous name" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Sep 11, 2006: "We named our youngest daughter Leila and we also pronounce it 'Lay-la'. She so often gets called 'Lii-la', rather annoying" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 25, 2006: "It's my friends name but my name is also Laila... the only difference is that mine is spelt with a "A" .. the pernouciation is the same." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 13, 2006: "Very pretty. Sounds a little too 1980's/90's to me (think of the Sweet Valley Twins and their friend Leila)." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 12, 2006: "Leila is the name of my beautiful daughter.It means "the night" in Arabic. We chose her name because we are a mixed family and we wanted a name which would bridge both of her cultures, ie Britsh and Arabic/Asian." (Report as inappropriate)
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