Across the world, لايلي (Lyle 
, لايلي) is a common masculine given name. The forename لايلي is characteristic of Canada, where it is quite a common masculine name, the United States, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Bahamas. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, Canada, and South Africa. Very seldom, لايلي is the last name as well as the forename.
لايلي is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lyle Tiberius Rourke , the antagonist in Disney's Atlantis, Atlantis: The Lost Empire; Lock-Up , the DC Comics character, Batman: The Animated Series; Lyle Bennet , the fictional character in the television series Heroes; Invisible Kid , the DC Comics character and Lyle , the Animal Crossing character, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, among other works.