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What does Leela mean?
Leela 
▲ as a girls' name is of Arabic derivation, and the meaning of Leela is "night beauty". Leela is an alternate spelling of Leila (Arabic).
STARTS WITH Le-
Variations
VARIANTS Lyla▲, Lilah▲, Lila▲, Leyla▲, Lelia▼, Lelah▼, Lela▼, Leilah▲, Leelah, Layla▲, Laila▲
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Leelo, ..
(male) Leele, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Leela Scarlett (L.S.), ..
How popular is Leela?
Leela is an uncommon given name for females. Leela is an equivalently rare surname too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Leela entered the list in 2006 and reached its highest position of #1087 in the U.S. in 2013, and is at #1207 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Laila (#182 FROM RECENT DATA), Layla (#27), Leila (#238), Leilah (#1200), Lela (#1574), Lelah, Lelia, Leyla (#646), Lila (#224), Lilah (#287) and Lyla (#128) are the prominent alternative forms of Leela (#1207) appearing in the Top 2000. These forms of Leela reached the top of their popularity 7 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.91%) and have remained as popular to this day (ADOPTION 0.9%, 0.7% LESS). Leila is a constant favorite, though Layla is now the preferred form, while forms like Lela have become less popular.
Similar Names
Leela▲ is alike in pronunciation to Laela, Lala, Lali, Lalia, Lalla, Lallia, Lally, Lalya, Laylah▲, Lealia, Lealie, Leelee, Lellia, Lili, Lilia▲, Lillia, Lilly, Lilo, Loelia, Lolly, Louella▼, Luella▼, Lula▼, Lulu▼ and Lylah▲. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Akela, Anela, Arela, Bella▲, Ceila, Geela, Jeyla, Kaela▼, Keela, Keila, Lael, Leana, Lee▼, Leece, Leecea (see Licia), Leena▲, Leenah, Leeona, Leesa, Leesha, Leeta, Leeya, Leeza, Leisa▼, Lemuela, Lenda, Leneta, Lenya, Leora▼, Leota▼, Lesha, Lesia▼, Lesli, Lesly▼, Lesya, Letha▼, Leya, Leyda, Merla, Nela, Nella, Neola, Orela, Pella, Seila, Seula, Shela, Tecla, Teela and Verla▼. These names tend to be more commonly used than Leela.
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