Laith (Arabic: ليث) is an Arabic given name and a Scottish given name or surname.
The Arabic name comes from a word which means "lion"[1] and is also romanized as Leith or Layth.
The Scottish surname and given name Laith is a variant of Leith, a placename element from Scottish Gaelic laith meaning "liquid",[2] likely borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ "moist". See Water of Leith.
Notable people with the name include:
- Abu Laith al-Libi (1967–2008), senior leader of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
- Al-Layth ibn Sa'd (713–791), Egyptian imam and jurist
- Layth Abdulamir (born 1957), Iraqi-French film director
- Laith Al-Bashtawi (born 1994), Jordanian footballer
- Laith Al-Deen (born 1972), Iraqi-German musician
- Laith Al-Juneidi (born 1978), Palestinian film director and producer
- Laith Ashley (born 1989), American model, actor, activist and entertainer
- Laith Hussein (born 1968), Iraqi footballer
- Layth ibn Tarif, 8th-century freedman commander and governor for the Abbasid Caliphate
- Layth Kharoub (born 1991), Palestinian footballer
- Laith Nakli (born 1969), British-Syrian-American actor and producer
- Laith Nobari (born 1977), Iraq-born Iranian footballer
- Laith Pharaon (born 1968), entrepreneur and motorboat racer
- Laith Shubbar (born 1967), Iraqi academic and politician
- Laith Shubeilat (1942–2022), Jordanian politician
- Laith Wallschleger (born 1992), American football player, actor and stuntman
References
- ↑ Wehr, Hans (1961). A dictionary of modern written Arabic. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
- ↑ "Am Faclair Beag". www.faclair.com. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
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