Not to be confused with
Leith .
Laith (Arabic : ليث ; Hebrew: ליש) is an Arabic given name, a Hebrew surname, 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 Amona (born 2003), 2nd century architectural engineer
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
^ Wehr, Hans (1961). A dictionary of modern written Arabic . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
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