Layla

«Night»

Layla says it plainly. A name of Arabic origin whose meaning has traveled intact to this day.

Its expression number is 6 — Venus's terrain. Loving, harmonious and devoted to home. That is why Layla tends to convey love, harmony and care.

Three numbers, three layers of Layla:

Expression 6 · Venus: Loving, harmonious and devoted to home.

Soul 2 · Moon: deep down, it is drawn to peace and closeness.

Personality 4 · Uranus: people meeting them sense a presence that is reliable and grounded.

Arabic names are poetic and melodic, often tied to light, beauty and the divine. Layla was born in that tradition, and its meaning («Night») is as alive now as ever. By its number 6, Layla is linked to the day Friday, the color Pink, the element Earth and the stone Rose quartz.

Layla is holding steady. Between 2020 and 2025, 35,046 girls named Layla were registered in the U.S., at rank #32, according to the Social Security Administration.

Its position has barely moved since last decade (rank #28): the stability of a name that doesn't depend on trends.

It entered the top 200 in the 2000s and hasn't left since.

Source: Social Security Administration (U.S.), official records by decade, as of 2026.

A good name is chosen with the ear and the heart. Layla brings the heart («Night»); you bring the ear: say it out loud with your last name. And for that final doubt, there is Astra's compatibility.

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