Laith
Laith is a name that is an Arabic epithet for "lion". It also comes from a variant in Scottish from Leith, a placename element from Scottish Gaelic laith meaning "liquid", likely borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ "moist". See Water of Leith.
Notable people with that name:
- Abu Laith al-Libi, senior leader of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
- Al-Layth ibn Sa'd, Egyptian imam and jurist
- Layth ibn al-Muhatta, martyred leader of the Tanukh
- Layth Abdulamir, Iraqi-French film director
- Laith Al-Bashtawi, Jordanian footballer
- Laith Al-Deen, Iraqi-German musician
- Laith Al-Juneidi, Palestinian film director and producer
- Laith Amona, 2nd century architectural engineer
- Laith Ashley, American model, actor, activist and entertainer
- Laith Hussein, Iraqi footballer
- Layth ibn Tarif, 8th-century freedman commander and governor for the Abbasid Caliphate
- Layth Kharoub, Palestinian footballer
- Laith Nakli, British-Syrian-American actor and producer
- Laith Nobari, Iraq-born Iranian footballer
- Laith Pharaon, entrepreneur and motorboat racer
- Laith Shubbar, Iraqi academic and politician
- Laith Shubeilat, Jordanian politician
- Laith Wallschleger, American football player, actor and stuntman