Leil

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Leil is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 821K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 1.2M
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.5M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

≈47 people, est.

Sources
69 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 821K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Leil counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Leil is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States≈47 est.≈1 in 7.1MLeil69
GB United Kingdom≈43 est.≈1 in 1.5MLeil34
CA Canada≈31 est.≈1 in 1.2MLeil34
IL Israel≈11 est.≈1 in 821KLeil6
SY Syria≈10 est.≈1 in 2MLeil2
AU Australia≈4 est.≈1 in 6.5MLeil7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Leil is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Leïl, Lêìl, Lêîl

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon

    Also written Ĺĕįl, Ļeil

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Leïl, Léil, Léïl

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Leïl

  • Arabic given name21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, United States, Lebanon, Israel

    Languages: Arabic, English, Hebrew

    Also written Layal, Lisle, Lyle, לייל, Lile

  • Russian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia

    Also written Лейл, Леил

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Leil is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Estonian, steam or vapour created from water being thrown on a hot surface

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In tli, flab

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Leil under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Leil have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 47 people named Leil in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leil.
How common is the name Leil?
Mondonomo estimates about 47 people in the United States have Leil as their first surname, about 1 in 7.1 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Leil”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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