Ee-la

[misamisa]

Ok so my sister is supposed to be naming her daughter EE-la, not eye-la, and is getting very angsty with me for being utterly confused about how to spell it.

So, my question is how would you spell a name pronounced ee-la?

I'll let you know how she's spelling it after.

My middle name is Ela. It's pronounced Ella so not like that.

Caitlin (Kate-Lin or Catlin, Francheska or Fransesca

Yla?

In which language is "Isla" pronounced 'ee-la'?

Eila I think. It's a hard sound to reproduce written down!

Aoila (like Aoife but with an L)

Or Isla - and she's chosen an "alternative" wrong pronunciation.

Yla

Caitlin might be Kathleen, Katleen, Kotchleen or Kate-linn.

I'd always assume Franchesca but I know a couple of Fransesscas.

I have taught a male Eyla before (pronounced eela). I wondered if it was an Arabic name, so googled and found that Eyla is also a girls name.

Ila. I have a friend called this, and there is a beauty brand called this, so it can't be that unusual.

She's spelling it Eila - like Sheila - for anyone that was interested. I personally would pronounce Eila the same as Isla - like Eileen - but I suppose I'll just have to get used to it and it'll seem natural soon enough!

It's probably the most sensible spelling from what you've all said though! Except perhaps Yla (I had a ski instructor once named Ylon that was pronounced EE-lon) but even that looks a little odd to me.

I guesses right.

Yeah Eila makes sense (like Sheila). I might say "is that Ee-la or Ay-la?" if I saw it written.

Anyone else got a war of the worlds earworm now?

Oooh-la!

It's a pretty name. Congratulations on the new niece too!

Eila.

Really?

That poor girl will forever be correcting people.

Eila does look like it should be pronounced Isla

If I saw "Eila" my first thought would be "Ay-la" and my second "Isla".

EVERYONE will assume "Ay-la".

I used to live with a girl who pronounced her name Ee-la and she spelt it Ela. What seemed quite strange to me to begin with became quite normal after a while.

Are you South West based?
There's Ela countess of Salisbury, which is pronounced Ee-la. A few people related to places or properties round here use it in their families.
Is your sister into her historical characters?!

Sorry Misanisa missed your last post...

In many other languages Eila will be pronounced Eye-la. And Isla EEs-la like Isla Bonita.

I'd probably spell it Eela in English.

From my googlings (so probably not terribly reliable) there is a Nordic name Eela which is unisex.

www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Eela_f

Well you will be the first of hundreds she encounters who will get spelling/pronunciation wrong. I'd just forget it if she's hell bent on creating problems for herself and her dd.