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Please help down to 3 girls names...

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Marmy2008 · 27/04/2016 17:32

Hi any opinions would be great we are down to 3 final girls names they are very similar so having a hard time picking

Isla
Ayla - (Ay-la)
Mila - (Mee-lah)

Would love to hear your opinions and favourites finding it really hard this time round to pick and stay with one name x

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MyNewBearTotoro · 09/05/2016 11:55

Ayla is my favourite. Isla is lovely but very popular at the moment, I know quite a few under threes with the name. I'm not so keen on Mila and also my first thought would have been to pronounce it My-la as in a female version of Milo.

LeonoraFlorence · 09/05/2016 11:52

Isla :)

sonlypuppyfat · 09/05/2016 11:46

Ayla and if you ever had a boy you could call him Jondalar

ShmooBooMoo · 09/05/2016 11:41

I saw this somewhere yesterday Aina pronounced Eye-na

ShmooBooMoo · 09/05/2016 11:40

Mila

then Ayla though don't really like it.

I am ed up of hearing Isla.... It seems to be everywhere!

TheCaptainsCat · 09/05/2016 11:38

Mila is nice, but it is a nickname. I don't like nicknames as 'full' names, so personally I'd use Milena and Mila as a pet name.

Bellalilysmith123 · 09/05/2016 00:55

Isla so petty and classic

elor11 · 03/05/2016 19:59

Isla and Ayla nice. Mila I would always pronounce My-la

BabyTheCaveLion · 03/05/2016 16:26

Love Ayla. I'm a massive fan of the clan of the cave bear books and Ayla is the main character. If I had a girl she'd be Ayla but I have 2 boys.

septembersunshine · 03/05/2016 16:07

What about Maya? Pronounced My-ah. It's softer sounding then Mila. Or you could have Maia. Isla is fine but to me it is ways prettier written down then spoken!

Undercooked · 01/05/2016 21:32

I live in an area with a large Eastern European community and there are lots is Milas here. Much more popular than Isla. I like Ayla myself.

1horatio · 01/05/2016 20:02

I absolutely love Mila, I would pronounce it like Mila Kunis...?
But Ayla is also very lovely.

VaVaVooom · 30/04/2016 22:16

Love Mila pronounced My-la though. I know a Mila (My-la) and have always loved her name.

LadyAntonella · 28/04/2016 17:02

Mila

00100001 · 28/04/2016 16:58

What about similar names to those you mentioned?

Iona
Ava
Evie/Eve/Eva
Sophie
Maeve/Maud
Leah

LemonBreeland · 28/04/2016 10:53

tbh if you are in Scotland then I think you can go with Isla. I find it strange when people use it in England. It seems to me like using a very French or Italian name but with no connection to those countries.

I'm English, although I have lived in Scotland a long time, and what I have noticed is that a lot of people up here, where I live anyway, use names that are traditionally Scottish, rather than going with trends. There are many Camerons, Donalds, Islas Eilidhs etc.

lordStrange · 28/04/2016 10:35

Ayla is very pretty Smile

cheapandcheerful · 28/04/2016 10:31

Not keen on any I'm afraid. Isla is too popular and the other two will be forever mispronounced.

DerelictMyBalls · 28/04/2016 10:30

I have only heard Ayla pronounced the same as Isla - I believe it is an Arabic name with that pronunciation. Mila will be mispronounced as Miller, I fear.

Of the three, I would go with Isla as it only has one pronunciation.

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Marmy2008 · 28/04/2016 10:18

Hi thanks for the reply :) I'm in Scotland too and when I have shown people Mila to read they seem to pronuce it Mil-a which is horrible id rather they thought My-la even thats only thing putting me off tbf tho it's generally older people I would automatically think of Mila kunis or jovovich and pronuce it right. I love it just don't want to give her a lifetime of correcting everyone.I really loved Ayla but most people have said the same it's a bit nothingy. With Isla being popular I didn't think it put me off so much as I don't personally know any and i have likes the name a long time but it really has put me off hearing it all over the supermarket on a few occasions x

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LemonBreeland · 28/04/2016 09:36

Isla is very popular where I am (Scotland), but I believe it is now popular in England too. I know a baby Ayla born recently, I find it a bit wishy washy, almost like it is missing something.

Mila is lovely and not over used, I would worry that some people might pronounce it M -eye- la if they only saw it written down, but that wouldn't put me off.

ABitAsleep · 28/04/2016 09:31

Mila is lovely (I would automatically pronounce it Mee-lah and wouldn't think of any other pronouciations) Very sweet and pretty, but suitable for a child or an adult. It is becoming a bit more of a 'normal' name becuase of Mila Kunis, but I only know one, about 5 years old.

Isla is a bit too popular for me. Every other little girl is Isla at the moment.

I've never watched Game of Thrones, but i've been told thats where Ayla is from? It might be a bit faddish, but it's nice enough anyway. (i would have pronouced it eye-lah)

LolaStarr · 28/04/2016 08:58

Love Ayla, Mila is ok and I really don't like Isla!

RaeSkywalker · 28/04/2016 08:23

Ayla.

00100001 · 28/04/2016 08:12

And p.s. who cares if Isla is popular? It's still not going to be very common!

Look here: www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2015/aug/17/100-most-popular-baby-names-england-wales-full-list

in 2014 the most popular name (Amelia) only had 5300 girls named that in the WHOLE of England, and there were 695,000 live births. so you're not going to be surrounded by Islas really. you might get another one or maaaaybe two in school.

but who cares? Confused

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