Laith (; Hebrew: ליש) is an
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
given name, a Hebrew surname, and a Scottish given name or surname.
The Arabic name comes from a word which means "lion" and is also romanized as Leith or Layth.
The Scottish surname and given name Laith is a variant of
Leith
Leith (; ) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is home to the Port of Leith.
The earliest surviving historical references are in the royal charter authorising the construction of ...
, a placename element from
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...
''laith'' meaning "liquid",
likely borrowed from
Proto-Brythonic *''lleɨθ'' "moist". See
Water of Leith
The Water of Leith (Scottish Gaelic: ''Uisge Lìte'') is the main river flowing through central Edinburgh, Scotland, that starts in the Pentlands Hills and flows into the port of Leith and then into the sea via the Firth of Forth.
Name
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Notable people with the name include:
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Abu Laith al-Libi (1967–2008), senior leader of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
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Al-Layth ibn Sa'd
Al-Layth ibn Saʿd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Fahmī al-Qalqashandī () was an Arab and the chief representative, imam, and eponym of the Laythi school of Islamic Jurisprudence. He was regarded as the main representative of an Egyptian tradition ...
(713–791), Egyptian imam and jurist
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Layth Abdulamir (born 1957), Iraqi-French film director
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Laith Al-Bashtawi (born 1994), Jordanian footballer
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Laith Al-Deen (born 1972), Iraqi-German musician
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Laith Al-Juneidi (born 1978), Palestinian film director and producer
* Laith Amona (born 2003), 2nd century architectural engineer
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Laith Ashley
Laith Ashley De La Cruz (born July 6, 1989) is an American Model (person), model, actor, activism, activist, singer-songwriter and entertainer of Dominican descent.
Early life
Laith grew up in a Dominican Americans, Dominican American household i ...
(born 1989), American model, actor, activist and entertainer
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Laith Hussein
Laith Hussein Shihaib Al-Tawlid (; born 13 October 1968) is an Iraqi former football player who played as a midfielder and served as the captain of the Iraqi national team. He was vital to speaking out against Uday Hussein, the chairman of the I ...
(born 1968), Iraqi footballer
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Layth ibn Tarif
Layth ibn Tarif () was an 8th-century freedman commander and governor for the Abbasid Caliphate.
Biography
Wilhelm Barthold misidentified him as the son of Nasr ibn Sayyar, the last Umayyad governor of Khurasan, but according to the ''Kitab al-Ag ...
, 8th-century freedman commander and governor for the Abbasid Caliphate
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Layth Kharoub
Layth Ali Abdulrahim Kharoub (; born 11 July 1991) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as a winger for West Bank Premier League club Markaz Balata and the Palestine national team.
Club career
On 15 January 2017, Kharoub joined Ahli Al-Kh ...
(born 1991), Palestinian footballer
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Laith Nakli
Laith Nakli (born 1 December 1969) is a British actor of Syrian descent best known for his role in the 2017 movie ''The Wall'' as the voice of the mythical sniper named Juba, the 2017 miniseries '' The Long Road Home'' and 2018 movie '' 12 Stron ...
(born 1969), British-Syrian-American actor and producer
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(born 1977), Iraq-born Iranian footballer
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Laith Pharaon
Laith Gaith Pharaon () is a Saudi Arabian businessman and real estate property developer. Earlier in his career, he competed on the offshore and F1 powerboat racing circuit for several years.
Life and career
Laith Pharaon was born on September ...
(born 1968), entrepreneur and motorboat racer
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Laith Shubbar
Laith Shubbar is an Iraqi academic and politician. He was an advisor of the Iraqi Prime Minister and opposed to quotas and sectarianism. He earned his doctorate in 1999 and has held many political and media positions.
He has written many articl ...
(born 1967), Iraqi academic and politician
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Laith Shubeilat
Laith Shubeilat (; 28 November 1942 – 18 December 2022) was a Jordanian Islamist politician. He was born in Amman, Jordan in 1942, a son of another Jordanian public figure, Farhan Shubeilat, from Tafila, a city within the southern district of ...
(1942–2022), Jordanian politician
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Laith Wallschleger
Laith Andrew Wallschleger (born March 15, 1992) is an American actor, voice actor and former American football player. He played for the University of Delaware, setting school records. Then he attended trials and completed pre-season with the Ari ...
(born 1992), American football player, actor and stuntman
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Arabic-language given names
Scottish given names
Surnames of Scottish origin