Laith

Laith (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" 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", 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 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