Lila (given name)

Lila is a variant of the Semitic Hebrew word for "night". Other versions are Lyla and Lilah. As a name it means night, beauty, or dark beauty.

Lila is a common Indian female given name meaning "beauty".

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 purple in German.

People with the given name Lila
  • Lila Anggraini (born 2000), Indonesian designer graphic
  • Lila Diane Sawyer (born 1945), news anchor
  • Lila Downs (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 (1909-2000), French actress
  • Lila Lamgade (born 1991), Nepalese footballer
  • Lila Lee (1905–1973), American actress
  • Lila Majumdar (1908–2007), Bengali writer, also referred to as Leela Majumdar
  • Lila McCann (born 1981), American country music singer
  • Lila Rose (born 1988), American pro-life activist
  • Lila Tretikov (born 1978), executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation 2014–2016
  • Leela Naidu (1940–2009), an Indian actress, also referred to as Lila

Fictional people
  • Lila Allcroft, a minor character in the cartoon strip Peanuts
  • 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, alias Lila Tournay, a character in the TV serial Dexter (season 2)
  • Lila Black, the main heroine of Quantum Gravity novel series by Justina Robson
  • Lila Sawyer, a character from the animated television series Hey Arnold
  • Lila Test, a character from the animated television series Johnny Test
  • Lila Quartermaine, a character on the daytime television series General Hospital
  • Lila Bard, from a Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
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