Lila ( ar, ليلى) can be a variant of the

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words for "night". Other versions are Lyla (most common in Arabic) and Lilah. As a name it means night, beauty, or dark beauty. Lila is a common Indian female given name meaning "

beauty Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes these objects pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main subject of aesthetics, o ...

". Lilavati is a variant of this name that is also the title of a twelfth-century mathematics treatise. Lila is also a female given name meaning

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

People with the given name Lila

Lila Downs Ana Lila Downs Sánchez (born 9 September 1968 * *) is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporat ...

(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 Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Кедрова; 9 October 1909 – 16 February 2000), known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian-born French actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actre ...

(1909-2000), French actress * Lila Lamgade (born 1991), Nepalese footballer *

Lila Lee Lila Lee (born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel; July 25, 1905 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras. Early life The daughter of Augusta Fredericka Appe ...

(1905–1973), American actress *

Lila Majumdar Leela Majumdar ( bn, লীলা মজুমদার ''Lila Mojumdar''), (26 February 1908 – 5 April 2007) was a Bengali writer. Early life Born to Surama Devi and Pramada Ranjan Ray (who was the younger brother of Upendra Kishor Ray Cho ...

(1908–2007), Bengali writer, also referred to as Leela Majumdar *

Lila McCann Lila Elaine McCann (born December 4, 1981) is an American country music singer who made her debut at age 16 with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of No. 28 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song ...

(born 1981), American country music singer * Lila Rose (born 1988), American

anti-abortion Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respo ...

activist * Lila Diane Sawyer (born 1945), news anchor *

Lila Tretikov Lila Tretikov () (born Olga (Lyalya) Tretyakova, russian: Ольга (Ляля) Третьяко́ва, January 25, 1978) is a Russian–American engineer and manager. Early life and education Tretikov was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. Her fat ...

(born 1978), executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation 2014–2016 *

Leela Naidu Leela Naidu (1940 – 28 July 2009) was an Indian actress who starred in a small number of Hindi and English films, including ''Yeh Raste Hain Pyar Ke'' (1963), based on the real-life Nanavati case, and ''The Householder'', Merchant Ivory Pr ...

(1940–2009), an Indian actress, also referred to as Lila

Fictional people

* Lila Cerullo, one of the two protagonists in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels * Lila (Xena), a recurring character in the television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * Lila Fowler, a character in the book series ''Sweet Valley High'' *

Lila West This is a list of characters from the Showtime TV series '' Dexter'', its sequel miniseries '' Dexter: New Blood,'' and the Jeff Lindsay novels, including ''Darkly Dreaming Dexter'' (on which the show was based), ''Dearly Devoted Dexter'', '' De ...

, alias Lila Tournay, a character in the TV serial ''Dexter'' (season 2) *

Lila Black ''Keeping It Real'' is a science fiction novel by British writer by Justina Robson, the first in the Quantum Gravity series. Synopsis Agent Lila Black is a cyborg operative for Earth Security, six years after the quantum bomb fractured reality ...

, the main heroine of ''Quantum Gravity'' novel series by Justina Robson *

Lila Sawyer This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon animated TV series '' Hey Arnold!'', where most residents live in the fictional coastal city of Hillwood, in the state of Washington. Main Arnold Shortman Arnold Phillip Shortman (voiced by ...

, a character from the animated television series ''Hey Arnold'' *

Lila Test This is a list of the many characters from the animated television series ''Johnny Test'' (including its revival). Main characters Johnny Test Jonathan Xavier "Johnny" Test (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) is the main protagonist of the show ...

, a character from the animated television series ''Johnny Test'' *

Lila Quartermaine ''General Hospital'' is the longest running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city w ...

, a character on the daytime television series General Hospital * Lila Bard, from a Darker Shade of Magic by

V. E. Schwab Victoria Elizabeth (V. E.) Schwab (born July 7, 1987) is an American writer. She is known for the 2013 novel '' Vicious'', the '' Shades of Magic'' series, and '' The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue'', which was nominated for the 2020 Locus Award ...

*Lila Rossi, a character in the animated series ''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir'' * Lila, a minor character in the ''Peanuts'' comic strip and second ''Peanuts'' movie, ''Snoopy Come Home'' *Lila, a character in the PBS Kids animated series

Pinkalicious & Peterrific ''Pinkalicious & Peterrific'' is an educational animated children's television series on PBS Kids, based upon the '' Pinkalicious'' book series by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann. The series is produced by Sixteen South in association with WGBH Kids ...

People with the given name Lila

Fictional people

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