2006-11-07 00:38:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
LEILA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, English
Pronounced: LAY-la (English), LIE-la (English), LEE-la (English)
Variant of LAYLA. This name was used by Lord Byron for characters in 'The Giaour' and 'Don Juan'. ***LAYLA Means "night" in Arabic. This is the name of the central character in poems by the 7th-century Arab poet known as Qays.
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2001 492
MELODY
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEL-ah-dee
Means simply "melody" from the English word, which derives (via Old French and Late Latin) from Greek μελος (melos) "song" combined with αειδω (aeido) "to sing".
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Personally I like Melody better, it seems like a more elegant, gracious name than Leila. However, if you go with Leila please make sure to prounce it LEE-la or LIE-la, as LAY-la IMMEDIATELY make me think of the song Layla. And she will forever have people singing it to her.
Congratulations!
2006-11-07 02:16:08 · answer #1 · answered by SNK 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Leila
2006-11-07 00:40:15 · answer #2 · answered by island3girl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What name would you like to be called when you are 80? too many parents give their kids cutesy names but forget that the child will grow to be an adult. There are going to be alot of Amandas and Jessicas in nursing homes 60 yrs from now. Stick with Leila...cute enough for a baby and mature enough for an old woman.
2006-11-07 00:52:41 · answer #3 · answered by Muffett : 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Leila sounds lovely!
2006-11-07 00:39:21 · answer #4 · answered by life coach 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think Leila is a beautiful name. It's not off the wall and it's not a really common name either.
2006-11-07 01:08:52 · answer #5 · answered by Julie F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really like the name Isis but i will go with Leila cause it is different.
2006-11-07 00:40:59 · answer #6 · answered by Osunwole Adeoyin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there both beautiful names, but i like Leila better.
2006-11-07 00:39:42 · answer #7 · answered by joey h 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Leila....what a gorgeous roll off the tongue name!!! Good Luck & Congrats!
2006-11-07 00:40:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Leila. Anyday.....
2006-11-07 00:41:33 · answer #9 · answered by JDGuru at work 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Leila is very pretty.
2006-11-07 00:40:41 · answer #10 · answered by tristarr212003 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋