How do you pronounce this name?

[PollyPostItNote]

It's a girl's name, Laiba. Is it Lye-ba or Lay-ba? I really don't want to get the pronunciation wrong and there's not the opportunity for me to ask in advance.

Labia? Sorry, that's what immediately jumped out at me!

Lay-ba. Pronounce very carefully !!

It’s lie-buh

Its sweet. But I expect a lot of people will see labia.

I'd say Lay-ba.

When I first read it I regrettably imagined a second i

My instinct is Lay-ba, but if it's not an English name I'm open to correction.
If you get it wrong in sure you'll be corrected. I have a name that often gets mispronounced - I simply let people know how to pronounce it. It's not a big deal (despite MN horror at having a name no one will know how to say).

the one I know is lie bah

Ooh blimey, now there’s a name with unfortunate potential for embarrassment (in English speaking countries anyway). I hope for her sake it’s more Lie-ba than Lay-ba..

Could you ask as you meet her? It's not impolite to ask someone how to pronounce their name if you're not familiar with it. I'd probably go for Lie-ba.

I would ask not guess.

Thanks everyone, some of you have highlighted why I'm worried about getting it wrong! According to t'internet it can be pronounced both ways so I'm no further forward

My dd goes to a culturally diverse school and the girls she knows say it Lie-bah

I know a Laila and it's pronounced Lay-la so my instinct would be to go with that.

I would read it as Lay- ba, but wonder if it should be La-i-ba.

Why not say, 'I'm not familiar with your name so please would you tell me the correct pronounciation!'

Otherwise you may get your tongue in a twist trying to pronounce it.

Here’s a video that may help!

Can you just ask.her how she pronounces her name?

That video gives every pronunciation possible, so not sure it's much help 😆
@PollyPostItNote I think the only thing to do is ask.

If you look carefully ,the speakers from India/ Pakistani say Lie-bah. It’s some of the automated anglicised speakers that say lay-bah. As I said my dd ,goes to a culturally diverse school hence why I would automatically say lie-bah…but obviously the best thing to do is check “ have I said your name right?”

Me too . Definitely not a name to call a baby

Yes I did see that, but OP hasn't said the person is from India or Pakistan.

Are you just wanting to be obtuse ?

What she means is the real people (from Pakistan, India and the US) say Lie-bah and the AI says Lay-ba. In other words, believe the real people not the AI because it makes things up.

I have no issue with difficult to pronounce names but I draw the line at a name that so easily can be misunderstood as a part of female genitalia. :)

This is my best friends daughters name. Her name. They pronounce it lie ba.

Have you considered La-ee-ba?