Dahlia - how would you pronounce it?

[goofygoober]

We like this name for a girl - but do you say Dah-lee ya or Day-lee ya?

Thanks?

I fear its you whos got wrong end stick
I am. perfectly clear on how id say the name
Dah- lie-lah

But you're making up a second L where there is none, SM. Which is just wrong.

Day lee a

Scottishmummy, isn't that Delilah? And not Dahlia.

I'd say dahlia, but I know a daylia, it just sounds weird to me.

You can say it that way, but youd be making it up. Dahlia, one L, you cant make a lie-lah at the end because THAT WOULD NEED ANOTHER L THAT ISNT THERE. Notsure how you can be unclear about that.

Unless of course you think Sarah is pronounced Sair-Rah-Rah. And Jenny is Jen-nen-ny.

Dahlia is Day-lee-ah. Or at a pinch Darh-lee-a. Not Del-li-lah. Which is, unsurprisingly, spelled Delilah. What with it having two l-sounds and all.

Beershuffle,you are of course right,and for some reason I kept reading it as Delilah
I need a zingy cuppa tea or something.and I've no idea why I read and reread as Delilah
So after all that I'd say it as dah-lee-ah

I'd say darlia as I thought it came from the name Dahl. Though daylia is pretty too.