Leila

Derived from the Arabic word for night. The name entered Western literature through seventh-century Arabian romances and later through Lord Byron's nineteenth-century verse. In the United States, it appeared on nineteenth-century census rolls as a quiet alternative to Delilah and Lillian before finding a modern surge.

The name reads as modern and light, though it carries more historical mileage than its recent playground ubiquity suggests. Most living bearers are either in college or still in elementary school. The primary administrative challenge is perpetual clarification against alternate spellings like Layla and Laila.