Laith ( ar, ليث), also romanized as Leith or Layth, is an
Arabic
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Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...
name.
In the Arabic language, Leith
In the Scottish Gaelic language, Leslie, Lesley, and Laith are surnames and also male and female first names. The name originates from the village called Leslie in Aberdeenshire, which is derived from the Gaelic lios laith (with lios meaning ‘enclosure’ or ‘garden’ and liath meaning ‘grey’) or lios linn (with linn meaning pool). See also the
Water of Leith
The Water of Leith (Scottish Gaelic: ''Uisge Lìte'') is the main river flowing near central Edinburgh, Scotland, and flows into the port of Leith where it flows into the sea via the Firth of Forth.
Name
The name ''Leith'' may be of Britto ...
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Notable people with the name include:
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Al-Layth ibn Sa'd
Al-Layth ibn Saʿd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Fahmī al-Qalqashandī ( ar, الليث بن سعد بن عبد الرحمن الفهمي القلقشندي) was the chief representative, imam, and eponym of the Laythi school of Islamic Jurisprude ...
(713–791), Egyptian of jurisprudence
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Layth Abdulamir
Layth Abdulamir is an Iraqi-French filmmaker born on 24 October 1957 in Iraq. He studied film in Paris, France, from 1977 to 1980, and in Kiev (then in the former Soviet Union) from 1980 to 1986. Since 1994, he defended his dissertation at the Ry ...
(born 1957), Iraqi-French film director
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Laith Ashley
Laith Ashley De La Cruz (born July 6, 1989) is an American model, actor, activist, singer-songwriter and entertainer of Dominican descent.
Early life
Laith grew up in a Dominican American household in Harlem, New York. He practiced individual and ...
, American model, actor, activist and entertainer
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