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I have an Isla nearly 5, she is the only one in her nursery but I think if she was younger then there would be more as her name has become very popular. (Central Scotland)

I know 3 - two are 1 year olds and one adult. I'm in the NW.

Very popular and in my opinion, very frumpy.

Beautiful name but so popular! Everytime someone has a baby girl and posts it on facebook it's called Isla...

Hey I'm due August too and it's our #1 girl name. Yes popular but I don't care. Just slightly worried (selfishly) that friend/family due before us may nick it.

How do you pronouce it? I always thought it was like 'island' in Spanish, (Ees-la), but someone uptread said 'ayla' and now I'm confused...

if it was spanish then you would say it like in spanish however I think most people pronounce it like you were saying "island" in english, minus the "nd".

thanks, christelle. My friend had an Isla recently and just assumed it was ees-la. You saved me from saying it wrong when I meet the baby...

Very popular here (Midlands), shame because it's a lovely name but I get bored of hearing that yet another baby girl has been called Isla.

Eye-la.

I know of 7 Islas and I know nearly as many Lolas which seems to be really popular now.

however if you like it use it, I have a really popular name of womens my age and although there were 6 of us in my year once I left school I only met a few..

Beautiful name. I know three Islas under the age if five - I think it is in the top ten names in Scotland on those ONS lists?

Thank you everyone, I still love the name but think it is going to be too popular for us

Time to rethink.....

Could even be a blue one of course!

And I like Isla-may or Isla-rose and his cousin just called her baby lyla-may..... Very very similar!

I have a 10 yr old Isla, and we have only met one other..
It's always spelt weirdly by people though!

I'm in the south and I know 3, all under 2yo.