Laith

Laith (Arabic: ليث‎), also romanized as Layth, is an Arabic name.

Notable people with the name include:

• Al-Layth ibn Sa'd (713–791), an Egyptian scholar of Islamic jurisprudence
• Rafi ibn al-Layth (died 809), a Khurasani Arab noble and rebel
• Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840–879), a Persian coppersmith and founder of the Saffarid dynasty
• Amr ibn al-Layth (died 902), the second Saffarid ruler
• Al-Layth (died 928), a Saffarid emir, nephew of the first two
• Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Layth, a Saffarid emir
• Abu Laith, a Hanafite jurist
• Laith Shubeilat (born 1942), a Jordanian politician
• Layth Abdulamir (born 1957), an Iraqi-French film director
• Abu Laith al-Libi (1967–2008), an al-Qaeda leader
• Laith Hussein (born 1968), an Iraqi footballer
• Laith Pharaon (born 1968), a Saudi Arabian motorboat racer
• Laith Al-Deen (born 1972), a German singer
• Laith Nobari (born 1977), an Iranian footballer
• Laith Al-Juneidi (born 1978), a Palestinian filmmaker
• Laith Alattar, an Iraqi-American musician