FemaleOrigin: Arabic

Leyla: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Leyla is a girl’s name of Arabic origin. It means “night; the heroine of the classic love story Leyla and Mecnun”.

Say it: lay-lah

About the name Leyla

Meaning: night; the heroine of the classic love story Leyla and Mecnun
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic layla “night”.
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: lay-lah

How to pronounce Leyla

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellinglay-lah is an approximation for English speakers. Turkish stresses syllables much more evenly than English, so avoid hitting one syllable hard. Tap the letters below for tips.

Leyla

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

Every letter in Leyla sounds close to English. Just keep each vowel short and pure, without the glides English adds (“o” not “oh-oo”).

Practice the sounds in the Turkish alphabet tool or readhow to pronounce i, dotless ı and soft g.

Leyla with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Leyla'ya, Leyla'nın), but it is still pronounced as one word. The apostrophe only marks where the name ends; the suffix itself follows the usual rules.

The last vowel of Leyla is a, a back unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take a and four-way suffixes takeı (vowel harmony):Leyla'da, Leyla'yı.

Because Leyla ends in a vowel, a buffer letter keeps two vowels apart:y in Leyla'yı, Leyla'ya and Leyla'yla, and n in the genitive Leyla'nın.

Case forms of Leyla
Case	Form	Example
Accusative (object)	Leyla'yı	Leyla'yı tanıyor musun? Do you know Leyla?
Dative (to)	Leyla'ya	Leyla'ya bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Leyla.
Locative (at / with)	Leyla'da	Anahtarlar Leyla'da. Leyla has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Leyla.)
Ablative (from)	Leyla'dan	Leyla'dan bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Leyla.
Genitive (’s)	Leyla'nın	Bu Leyla'nın çantası. This is Leyla’s bag.
Instrumental (with)	Leyla'yla	Dün Leyla'yla konuştum. I talked with Leyla yesterday.

Forms are generated by TurkLogic’s tested grammar engine. See every case explained in theTurkish noun cases guide, or check the harmony of any word in thevowel harmony calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the name Leyla mean?

Leyla is a Turkish girl’s name meaning “night; the heroine of the classic love story Leyla and Mecnun”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic layla “night”.

How do you pronounce Leyla?

Say it roughly as “lay-lah”, keeping every vowel short and clear.

How do you add suffixes to Leyla in Turkish?

Because Leyla is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Leyla'ya (to Leyla), Leyla'nın (Leyla’s), Leyla'da (at Leyla’s) and Leyla'yla (with Leyla).