Where is Layla from?

My guess is...

Bahrain

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19%

Morocco

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17%

Lebanon

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16%

I'm 98% certain Layla is Female.

According to a dataset of 5576, the average Layla is around 39 years old.


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Learn about the name Layla

Meaning of the name Layla

Means "night" in Arabic. Layla was the love interest of the poet Qays (called Majnun) in an old Arab tale, notably retold by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi in his poem Layla and Majnun. This story was a popular romance in medieval Arabia and Persia. The name became used in the English- speaking world after the 1970 release of the song Layla by Derek and the Dominos, the title of which was inspired by the medieval story.

Characteristics of the name Layla

OriginsEnglish, Arabic
PronouncedLIE-la(Arabic)
GenderFeminine
Traitsnatural, youthful, refined, strange, wholesome

How do we know this about Layla

(and is it secret spies?)

We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.