Lyla
Lyla is a feminine given name. It means Lyla in England. The Lyla spelling variation has now superseded the original Lila (given name)— the former remains on the rise while the latter is consistently falling in popularity.[citation needed]
The name Lyla also means "night" in hebrew
Notable people with the name include:
People
- Lyla Berg (born 1951), Hawaiian politician
- Lyla Elliott (1934–2017), Australian politician
- Lyla Foy (aka WALL), London songwriter and solo artist, who garnered acclaim from performing in Black Cab Sessions
- Lyla Pinch Brock, Canadian Egyptologist
- Lyla Rocco (1933–2015), Italian film actress
Fictional characters
- Lyla Garrity in the American TV series Friday Night Lights
- Lyla Lerrol, supporting character in Superman comics
- Lyla Michaels (Arrowverse), agent in the TV series Arrow
- Lylla, anthropomorphic otter in the Marvel Comics universe
- Lyla, one of the main characters in Australian TV series Mako Mermaids
- Lyla Novacek in the 2007 film August Rush
See also
- Lyla (album), a 2003 album by jazz bassist Avishai Cohen
- "Lyla" (song), a 2005 single by Oasis
- All pages with titles beginning with Lyla