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Meaning of the nameLayla

Layla is a spelling of the name Laila, which means “night”.

Meaning

“night”

Meaning of the name Laila, of which Layla is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Laila · Behind the Name: Layla · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Laila

People (2022)
20,577
Rank in Brazil
#1,043
Median age
11 years
2010 Census
5,954
people

Layla in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Layla, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (6,838 people).

20,465 women 112 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Layla is most common

States with the highest share of people named Layla in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Sergipe 0.035%
  2. Alagoas 0.033%
  3. Maranhão 0.023%
  4. Piauí 0.020%
  5. Ceará 0.017%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais2,5000.012%
São Paulo2,0470.005%
Bahia1,6590.012%
Maranhão1,5300.023%
Ceará1,4740.017%
Pernambuco1,4580.016%
Rio de Janeiro1,4310.009%
Alagoas1,0370.033%
Pará1,0190.013%
Goiás8050.011%
Sergipe7710.035%
Piauí6630.020%
Espírito Santo6190.016%
Paraíba5900.015%
Rio Grande do Norte5210.016%
Amazonas4870.012%
Distrito Federal3450.012%
Paraná3070.003%
Santa Catarina3070.004%
Tocantins2370.016%
Rio Grande do Sul2070.002%
Mato Grosso2060.006%
Amapá860.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul850.003%
Roraima790.012%
Acre570.007%
Rondônia500.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Layla

With a Y in place of the I, it is the form used as the main entry by Behind the Name; the records are concentrated among people born from 2000 onward.

About the name Laila

In its English entry, Wiktionary gives Laila as a variant of Leila and Layla, from the Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā), linked to لَيْلَة (layla), 'night'; Behind the Name gives the same meaning for Layla and lists Laila among its Arabic variants. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil cites two readings: 'night', by way of French, and 'beautiful', from Arabic. The same dictionary says the name has gained popularity in Brazil since the 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 38,099 people named Laila and 20,577 named Layla.

Other spellings of Laila

SpellingPeople (2022)
Laila38,099
Layla20,577

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Laila · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Layla · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Laila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Layla · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Layla

What does the name Layla mean?

Layla means “night”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Laila, of which Layla is a spelling.

How many people are named Layla in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 20,577 people with the first name Layla, which ranks it number 1,043 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Layla a boy's or a girl's name?

Layla is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 20,465 women and 112 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Layla?

Layla is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Layla most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.035% of the state's population is named Layla (771 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Layla?

Laila. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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