Lila (given name)

Lila is a female given name meaning purple in German. The colour lilac- and the flower lily- are known as Lila in German, Dutch, Spanish, and Latin.

Lila can mean 'wise' in Finnish.

Lila can mean 'blessed' or 'holy' in Scandinavian.

Lila is the feminine form of Lyle, which comes from the French l'isle and a Scottish surname meaning island.

American and Polish meaning of Lila is 'of the people'.

Lila (Sanskrit: लीला līlā) or leela (/ˈliːlə/) can be loosely translated as "divine play". In the standard Sanskrit-English dictionary, it can mean grace, charm, sport, play, pastime and amusement.

In Hinduism, Lila is a conceptualism of the universe as a playground of the gods. Lila is a common Indian female given name meaning "beauty". Lilavati is a variant of this name, and is also the title of a twelfth-century mathematics treatise.

Lila (Arabic: ليلى‎) can be a variant of the Arabic and Hebrew words for "night". Other versions are Lyla (most common in Arabic) and Lilah. As a name it means night, beauty, or dark beauty. The name Lyla is a shorter version of the Hebrew and Arabic name Delilah meaning “delicate.”

The angel Lailah or Laylah (Heb. לַיְלָה) is an angel in some interpretations in the Talmud and in some later Jewish mythology.

The Lyla spelling variation has now superseded the original Lila — the former remains on the rise while the latter is falling in popularity. The name Lyla brings beauty, elegance, grace, and a sense of individuality, strength and independence. It is a name that promises to bring light and beauty to the world. She is mysterious and intriguing, just like the night sky.

For a 21st century twist, Lila spelt LYLA, could be an acronym for Love You Lots Always.

People with the given name Lila

• Lila Downs (born 1968), Mexican singer
• Lila Fenwick (1932–2020), American lawyer, human rights advocate, and United Nations official
• Lila Karp (1933–2008), American writer and activist
• Lila Kedrova (1909-2000), French actress
• Lila Lamgade (born 1991), Nepalese footballer
• Lila Lee (1905–1973), American actress
• Lila Majumdar (1908–2007), Bengali writer, also referred to as Leela Majumdar
• Lila McCann (born 1981), American country music singer
• Lila Rose (born 1988), American anti-abortion activist
• Lila Diane Sawyer (born 1945), news anchor
• Lila Tretikov (born 1978), executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation 2014–2016
• Leela Naidu (1940–2009), an Indian actress, also referred to as Lila

Fictional people

• Lila, deuteragonist of the 2003 animated film Barbie of Swan Lake
• Lila, a supporting character in the animated series Bluey
• Lila, a minor character in the Peanuts comic strip and second Peanuts movie, Snoopy Come Home
• Lila (Xena), a recurring character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess
• Lila Bard, from a Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
• Lila Black, the main heroine of Quantum Gravity novel series by Justina Robson
• Lila Cerullo, one of the two protagonists in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels
• Lila Crane, main character in Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho
• Lila Fowler, a character in the book series Sweet Valley High
• Lila Quartermaine, a character on the daytime television series General Hospital
• Lila Rossi, a character in the animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
• Lila Sawyer, a character from the animated television series Hey Arnold
• Lila Test, a character from the animated television series Johnny Test
• Lila West, alias Lila Tournay, a character in the TV serial Dexter (season 2)

See also

• Leela (name)
• Lila (disambiguation)
• Lilla
• Leila (name)
• Leelavathi