Lejla
LAY-lah · 2 syllables
♀ Female ◎ Arabic / Bosnian ◈ 2 syllables
"Night, dark beauty, dark as night"

From Arabic / Bosnian

Night, dark beauty, dark as night Read more about the origin of this name below ↓

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Lejla at a glance
MeaningNight, dark beauty, dark as night
OriginArabic / Bosnian
GenderFemale
Syllables2
NumerologyLife Path 4
US Rank (today)#5612
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Origin & history of Lejla
1
Arabic / Bosnian roots
Lejla comes from the Arabic / Bosnian tradition, meaning Night, dark beauty, dark as night.
How popular is Lejla?
2007 peak year
The name Lejla reached its peak in 2007, with 47 registrations (ranked #3510). It had only entered records 12 years earlier, in 1995. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #5612) today, averaging about 23 new babies per year. Lejla's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 854 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations 1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
47 Babies named in peak year
(ranked #3,510)
23 Avg. per year
(last decade)
230 Total registrations
last 10 years
854 All-time total
(since 1880)
Popularity in the US today (rank #5,612) Rare
→ Holding steady in recent years
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Numerology of Lejla
4
Life path number
The Builder
Discipline, reliability and masterful building.
🏗️Builder
📋Organised
💪Hardworking
🎯Detail-oriented
L3
E5
J1
L3
A1
Sum: 13 → Life path 4
Personality of Lejla
🏛️
Steady & reliable
When they make a promise, they keep it.
📐
Methodical
Thorough, careful, precise.
💪
Quietly powerful
Their strength is always there when it matters.
🌿
Grounded
No matter what swirls around them, they stay centred.
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