Leila

[ lee-luh, ley- ]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

Jackson’s husband, Patrick Jackson, and their two children, Leila and Talia, sat behind her throughout the week.

From TIme

In April, Centner Academy employees were told they had to notify Leila and David Centner, the married co-founders of the school, if they received a vaccine.

From Washington Post

It’s a question of safety, risk versus benefit and solidarity for 10-year-old Leila.

From Washington Post

The troubles started in 2019, with Leila, a dystopian novel by Prayaag Akbar that was adapted into a Netflix series by Deepa Mehta.

From MIT Technology Review

They also brought him in to co-write the screenplay for Leila.

From MIT Technology Review

“Then a man came and took us to a bus station,” Leila recalled.

From The Daily Beast

Four days after Leila returned home from Syria, she received a call from her younger son, Khalid.

From The Daily Beast

She acknowledges that someone helped Seda get to Hamzat in Syria, although Leila declines to say if it was friend or a relative.

From The Daily Beast

And there is this curious connection as well: Leila and Temur have the same daughter-in-law.

From The Daily Beast

Leila is not the only one who finds joy in drinking an alcoholic beverage when travelling outside Iran.

From The Daily Beast

“I wish Ruth would go off into the country, or somewhere,” remarked Leila, as Ruth closed the door.

From Project Gutenberg

I had rather call you a beauty any time than apply it to her, Midget, was Leila Harpers quick return.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless Leila Harper was interested to the point of deliberately endeavoring to draw her into conversation.

From Project Gutenberg

That means Leila is going to walk in at the last minute with our rosebud girl on her arm, Martha Merrick declared.

From Project Gutenberg

These being the first remarks of the kind Marjorie had heard Leila make, she glanced at the latter rather searchingly.

From Project Gutenberg