Layla

Meaning & origin

Layla is a girl's name of Arabic origin, traditionally used in Muslim families. The name means "Night, the intoxicating darkness of a desert evening — Layla is the legendary beloved of Majnun in the greatest love story of Arabic literature, the woman whose beauty drove a poet to madness and exile. Her name carries the romance of starlit sand dunes, the mystery of dark hair against moonlight, and the ache of a love too intense for the daylit world" and belongs to the Love cluster — names for children loved deeply before they arrive.

Common among Arab, Indian, Pakistani, Persian, Turkish, American, European, British, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Iranian families, Layla carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Layla

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Layla resonates in either tradition.

How Layla sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Layla breaks down into 4 phonemes: /L-EY-L-AA/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

The six signals, applied to Layla

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Layla maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.