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How would you pronounce the baby name Idalie?

62 replies

Fiddlesticks1 · 25/06/2026 16:00

How do you say this name
Idalie

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HoppityBun · 25/06/2026 17:27

Idd-a-Lee.

Be aware there’s a South Indian rice pancake called Idli.

NamingNoNames · 25/06/2026 17:23

How would you say it? Are you asking because you want to use it, @Fiddlesticks1 ?

NorthernDancer · 25/06/2026 17:13

Eed-a-lee

Duvetdayforme · 25/06/2026 17:05

Eye-dah-Lee

Firetreev · 25/06/2026 17:01

Ee-dah-lee. I don't think most people who aren't used to the European pronunciation of Ida would though.

dizzydizzydizzy · 25/06/2026 16:58

KnickerlessParsons · 25/06/2026 16:25

Idd-a-lee

This!

Bellybellas · 25/06/2026 16:56

In German id say Ee dah lee

In English Eye dah lee

DramaAlpaca · 25/06/2026 16:49

BlackRedGold · 25/06/2026 16:41

I’d pronounce it Ee dah lee.

Sort of like the way someone with a French accent might pronounce Italy.

Same here.

NamingNoNames · 25/06/2026 16:47

Id-ARL-yuh (non rhotic R)

Daffodilsinthespring · 25/06/2026 16:47

If it’s eye- da -lee, idle would be a rubbish shortening!

Fleurdalys · 25/06/2026 16:45

Like Italy but with a d instead of the t

Daffodilsinthespring · 25/06/2026 16:45

Id- a- lee

DoAWheelie · 25/06/2026 16:42

I'd say it similar to Natalie but with the id sound from "idiot" in place of "nat"

Word choice is nothing to do with my opinion! I just couldn't think of any other way to describe it.

BlackRedGold · 25/06/2026 16:41

I’d pronounce it Ee dah lee.

Sort of like the way someone with a French accent might pronounce Italy.

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 25/06/2026 16:39

If someone said their name was Idalie, my first thought would be Ida Lee, with Lee being their surname. It’s pretty though.

ArabellaWeird · 25/06/2026 16:38

Eye-dally

Eye Da Lie?

Is it a name or a puzzle?

24Dogcuddler · 25/06/2026 16:37

Ida and lie ( ly or ligh to rhyme with nigh ) so
Idaligh
Constantly be having to spell it or it would be mispronounced.

Supersleepysheepy · 25/06/2026 16:36

notanothernamesurely · 25/06/2026 16:08

Idly. Like something done in an idle way.

Yes, this is how I would pronounce it too.

CareerHelpAt53 · 25/06/2026 16:33

Id a lee

like saying Italy with a blocked nose

Silverbirchleaf · 25/06/2026 16:29

My first thought was Idd -Da-Lee, a bit like saying Italy, but with an ‘Idd’ at the beginning.

KnickerlessParsons · 25/06/2026 16:25

Idd-a-lee

OtherS · 25/06/2026 16:25

First thought was eye-DAH-lee, but also idly and iddly. Don't love it, sorry. With any pronunciation.

MurunBuchstansangursCousinRossiter · 25/06/2026 16:16

To rhyme with fiddly.

Boreded · 25/06/2026 16:15

Like ‘she laid around the house idly’

QuaintBeaker · 25/06/2026 16:13

I pronounced it the same as most people on this thread and immediately realised it sounds like 'idly'

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