Leila (name)
(重定向自Laila)
Leila (Hebrew:לילה; Arabic:ليلى) is a feminine given name in the Iranian, Hebrew and Arabic languages. It is often pronounced as ″Lee-lah″, ″Lay-lah″ or ″Lie-lah″
Leila is the Arabic and Hebrew word for "night", laylah (לילה) (written as ليلة in Arabic). The identification of the word "night" as the name of an angel originates with the interpretation of "Rabbi Yochanan" (possibly Yochanan ben Zakkai, c. 30–90 AD) who read "At night [Abraham] and his servants deployed against them and defeated them” (Genesis 14.14, JPS) as "by [an angel called] night" (Sanhedrin 96a).