Leilah

Leilah belongs to the Arabic Layla name family, whose meaning is night. The spelling combines the familiar Leila form with a final h, preserving the same underlying name rather than adding a new meaning. Its night imagery can suggest quietness or the evening sky, but those associations remain a family’s interpretation of the literal word.

The name family has a deep literary presence through the story of Layla and Majnun, which traveled across Arabic and Persian storytelling traditions. Leilah gives that widely shared name a particular English-letter form. Because Leila, Layla, and other spellings coexist, a family may want to choose the version that best matches its language, pronunciation, or connection to an older relative.