Zayla Name Meaning & Origin
Zayla
Pronunciation: ZAY-lə (key)
Origin of the name Layla:
Derived from the Arabic leila (night, dark beauty) or the Persian leila (dark-haired). Its use in England began with George Byron's poem "The Giaour" (1813).
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my husband has two girls named kayla and layla so we wanted to keep it going and we both said "zayla" . it sounds pretty and i think it is a awesome name for a girl.
I named my daughter Zayla she is now 6 no one understands her when says her name.
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