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Leyla

/LAY-lah/Somali · a girl’s name

“Arabic-derived variant of Layla; literally “night.””

How to say it
LAY-lah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

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