Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Leila

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Arabic ليلى (leila) = 'night' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

2) Persian leila = 'night' [10]

3) Arabic leila = 'wine', 'smell of wine', 'sugaring of wine' [2]

4) Variant form of Laila [4]

Related Names

Leila ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
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Leilah ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
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Lejla ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
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Leyla ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish

See also Laila, Lila, Lilla

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Leiluson Iceland

Female

Leiludóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Leila
Genitive: Leilas
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Leila
Genitive: Leilan
Partitive: Leilaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Leila
Accusative: Leilu
Dative: Leilu
Genitive: Leilu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Leila
Genitive: Leilas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Leila
Genitive: Leilas

Name Days

Finland Finland

5 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

5 March

Sweden Sweden

28 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[12]
n.a.
 15752
n.a.
 15752 0 0
Sweden Sweden[13]
2733 3694 2733 3694 0 0
Denmark Denmark[14]
819
n.a.
 819
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[15]
6 8
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[16]
469
n.a.
 469
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[17]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Leila (f) Sources: [13][14][16][12]


References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  6. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  8. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  11. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  15. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  17. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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