Laith

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

## References

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1. ^ Wehr, Hans (1961). A dictionary of modern written Arabic. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
2. ^ "Am Faclair Beag". www.faclair.com. Retrieved 2023-05-31.

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