Alternative to Isla?

AmyW9 · 2025-02-09T13:23:34+00:00

35 weeks pregnant and DH and I cannot settle on a name! I LOVE the name Isla, but he's not convinced. Doesn't hate it, doesn't love it. Doing my best to keep an open mind despite the fact I've been calling the baby Isla in my head for months now.... 😬 Would love any alternative suggestions which are similar!

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user1492757084 · 10/02/2025 06:43

Aileen
Aline
Ida
Lila

Lookup the funny Isla Fisher films and watch them with DH.

Sugargliderwombat · 09/02/2025 22:32

Ella
Orla

Sugargliderwombat · 09/02/2025 22:31

I used chat gpt to try and find a name, asked it to suggest names I might like if I like x, y, z. It came up with some really good ones!

Goldbar · 09/02/2025 22:26

Aria or Nora.

Pemba · 09/02/2025 22:13

modgepodge · 09/02/2025 17:41

As I say, the only ayla I’ve met was pronounced the same as Isla (eye-lah). She spent her life correcting people who said it with the first syllable rhyming with ‘May’. Perhaps she was pronouncing it in an usual way though!

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I also know a little Ayla, pronounced the same as Isla. She lives in Australia, if that makes a difference.

Whatnowthenfordone · 09/02/2025 22:09

My dad wasn’t keen on my sister’s name and BIL wasn’t keen on nephew’s. It’ll grow on him.

Amaranthasweetandfair · 09/02/2025 22:06

What about Emma? Don't see it so much now but it's beautiful and a lite more likely to be the only one in her class than amongst three Islas.

Amaranthasweetandfair · 09/02/2025 22:05

Eilidh is lovely, but only people who have lived in Scotland will know how to pronounce it. Isla is very popular now and hence rather a boring choice. Eloise is a lovely alternative.

theduchessofspork · 09/02/2025 22:02

Maybe..

Ida
Esther
Efa (Welsh - or the Irish Aoife is v similar)
Elva
Tessa
Leila
Aphra
Oona
Emma
Eliza
Eleanor
Estella
Ines
Lois
Linos
Annis
Anest
Astrid
Alice
Audrey
Edith
Olwen
Ianthe
Ellen
Elowen
Eloise

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AmyW9 · 09/02/2025 21:39

Notodrugs · 09/02/2025 19:48

I used to know a pair of scottish sisters called Isla and Eilidh (pronounced ay-lee) which I thought was lovely

Ooh I love Eilidh! That's very pretty.

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AmyW9 · 09/02/2025 21:37

MistyF · 09/02/2025 14:24

What are his suggestion? If he doesn't have any good suggestion, then he doesn't have anything against baby being named Isla. Yes, he either should give you valid suggestion, or accept the fact he might not love his daughter name, but that obviously doesn't mean he doesn't love his daughter.
That said, does he have some suggestions, but you don't take him seriously or has really bad suggestions? Share them so we can see could they be potential middles
I think Iona and Ayla are most similar to Isla.
other names you might like
Sienna
Lucy
Alice
Una
Elaine/Ellen
Nora
Freya

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He's not brought much to the party to be fair! So im still hoping a little that i might get Isla through...

Names he does like (from the list I've suggested) are Lottie, Amelie and Emmaline.

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user2848502016 · 09/02/2025 20:40

Ivy
Delilah
Lyra
Leia
Leyla
Myla
Maya
Zinnia
Freya

Jennifershuffles · 09/02/2025 19:52

Bridie, Iona and Carys do with Isla in my head

Pickandmixusername · 09/02/2025 19:51

Alice?

Notodrugs · 09/02/2025 19:48

I used to know a pair of scottish sisters called Isla and Eilidh (pronounced ay-lee) which I thought was lovely

Goscat · 09/02/2025 19:47

I used to love Isla, but there are 3 Islas in my sons nursery class, our neighbour has a baby Isla and 2 of my friends! It's so common now even in England and the US!! It was the top name in Scotland last year.

Ailsa
Vaila
Elia

If you want less popular?

SnoopySantaPaws · 09/02/2025 17:53

Why don't you just use ISLA?

He doesn't dislike it. He just doesn't love it but he doesn't have another name. He does love and you do love it so it just makes sense to use it unless he can come up with something. He really loves that you love. It's not your job to do your head in to find a name he loves when you already have a name you love and would be happy to use. The onus is on him to find one he prefers and that you like.

Zusammengebrochen · 09/02/2025 17:49

modgepodge · 09/02/2025 17:41

As I say, the only ayla I’ve met was pronounced the same as Isla (eye-lah). She spent her life correcting people who said it with the first syllable rhyming with ‘May’. Perhaps she was pronouncing it in an usual way though!

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That definitely sounds odd, it's not the same sound at all.

modgepodge · 09/02/2025 17:41

Zusammengebrochen · 09/02/2025 16:08

A-lah (a as in letter a)
Eye-lah
Or-lah
Eye-oh-nah

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As I say, the only ayla I’ve met was pronounced the same as Isla (eye-lah). She spent her life correcting people who said it with the first syllable rhyming with ‘May’. Perhaps she was pronouncing it in an usual way though!

Moreteaandchocolate · 09/02/2025 16:51

Iris
Ida
Layla
Lola
Myla
Eira
Lyla
Lyra
Aria
Eliza
Kyla
Nia
Viola
Eilidh
Ines
Heidi
Kaia
Nyah
Maisie

ProfessorLeveretGrey · 09/02/2025 16:25

Isla is very popular and has for years- simply because it is a lovely name! It was on my list as well.

Emilia?

I know an Elowyn who is called Ella. Also i went to school with an Ellersleigh who was known as Ellie. They have similar feels I think.

Chocolatebuttonanyone · 09/02/2025 16:22

I see someone has already suggested it, but Ailsa is a lovely name. Knew a really nice girl at school but this name.

Zusammengebrochen · 09/02/2025 16:08

modgepodge · 09/02/2025 16:06

Isn’t Ayla pronounced the same as Isla? The one I knew was!

Iona and Orla always seem similar to Isla in my head.

A-lah (a as in letter a)
Eye-lah
Or-lah
Eye-oh-nah

modgepodge · 09/02/2025 16:06

Isn’t Ayla pronounced the same as Isla? The one I knew was!

Iona and Orla always seem similar to Isla in my head.

Zusammengebrochen · 09/02/2025 16:04

Ailsa
Luisa
Iona
Inga
Imogen
Elsa
Vaila
Kyla
Elsa
Elise
Ellis