Gender:
Female
Meanings:
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Form of Leila: Dark as night; night of destiny; chaste; affectionate (lay-lah, lee-lah—Algeria; Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).
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Form of Layla: Born at night (East Africa); night (Swahili, East Africa).
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Form of Leilah: Dark beauty; dark as night (LAY-lah—Hebrew).
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