Layla or Leila?

[GenerationsLP]

Really can't decide!

[Newtssuitcase]

Leila

DS2 was going to be a Leila

[Newtssuitcase]

Layla looks like you don't know how to spell Leila

[n0ne]

Def Leila

[Thirtyrock39]

Laila

[Foureyesarebetterthantwo]

I don't know if you say 'Leila' as 'l-ay-la' or 'l-eye-la', I would obviously say Layla as the first of those.

[Ankleswingers]

Prefer Layla hands down.

Leila I'm just not so keen on.

[GenerationsLP]

They're both pronounced the same.

Laila isn't an option :)

[babyblabber]

Way prefer Leila

[TheRealBarenziah]

I LOVE the name Leila!

[user1485706893]

I have a friend called Layla, I really like it

[Allofme2017]

I know a Leila pronounced Lee-la.

[raviolidreaming]

Layla, as in the Eric Clapton song.

[GenerationsLP]

Allofme she pronounces it incorrectly

[CactusFred]

Layla because just reading that spelling plays the opening rift of Eric Clapton's classic.

[alteredimages]

I would spell it Leila for ليلى and Layla or Lela for ليلة.

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Leila.

[shaggedthruahedgebackwards]

I like both equally. I would normally have a definite preference for the more 'traditional' spelling of a name but in this situation I think both spellings are fine

[GreatScot8]

Layla.

It's the original spelling, despite what most people think. Plus, Leila removes the song connection and that song is one of the greatest ever written.

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

Layla or Laila

[MrsMeeseeks]

Leila.

[Sophronia]

Leila

[DramaAlpaca]

Layla

[MixedGrill]

Leila.

[MixedGrill]

How is 'Layla' the original? It's an Arabic / Hebrew / Persian name so and spelling in English would be phonetic from the original language.

[Dontrocktheboat]

I think of Leila as the original spelling and Layla as the Eric Clapton song. Both ok though personally would choose Leila.