# Leila

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈleɪlə/ · frequency rank #26,146

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Arabic.

## Etymology
From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature.

## Easily confused with
- **lil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lil)
- **lel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lel)
- **Lisa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lisa)
- **lily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lily)
- **Lena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lena)
- **lima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lima)
- **LIGA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-liga)
- **Lola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lola)
- **Lina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lina)
- **lila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lila)
- **lira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lira)
- **Lula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lula)
- **lilo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lilo)
- **lipa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lipa)
- **lilac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lilac)
- **Leith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-leith)
- **Leona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-leona)
- **lemma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leila-vs-lemma)
- **lea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lea-vs-leila)
- **lei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lei-vs-leila)

## Common misspellings (6)
`elila`, `leial`, `leilla`, `lelia`, `liela`, `lleila`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/leila