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“Lion (Arabic epithet); or from Scottish Leith, meaning liquid” — Arabic, or Scottish Gaelic (via the place name Leith) origin
Boy's name · #896 in the US (2025) · Trending
Laith is climbing: on the charts since 1969, it reached #896 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 270 boys given the name last year. Roughly 3,600 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Layth (#2342), Laith would rank around #783 with about 320 births last year — the newborns split about 82/18 between Laith and Layth.
Around the world: about 1 in 1,500 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 2,200 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 2,300 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 32 notable people named Laith:
No single standout — notable Laiths spread across many fields.
Similar names: Layth · Isa · Layton · Ayman · Ghaith · Umar
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