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