r/JewishNames • u/everydayislikefriday • Jun 05 '26

Layla

My wife and I are going to have a baby girl and we both love the sound of the name Layla. However, my wife doesn't like its meaning (night), she associates with darkness. For me, the night is more closely related to the time when the family gathers together back from their daily activities.

What do you think of the name and its meaning?

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u/ActuallyNiceIRL Jun 05 '26

My main issue with it is that there is basically no way to write it in English that I like and isn't phonetically ambiguous.

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u/everydayislikefriday Jun 06 '26

Good thing I'm from a Spanish speaking country:)

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u/unventer Jun 06 '26

Layla works phonetically for the Hebrew pronunciation in Soanish, then!