What you do think of the name Liyla?

[Jinwoo]

We sometimes talk about what we would name our future child and I really like the sound lee-la. But we couldn't find any name that resembles this sound. Leila may does but it sometimes cause confusion and pronounced as Lay-lah. What do you think of the name Liyla? Any other suggestions?

I'd assume Liyla was an incorrectly spelt Lila or Leila.

I wouldn't guess it was pronounced leela

Is that a recognised spelling? It looks made up to me.

I would pronounce Liyla as Lilah.

Leela is an actual name you know?

Lila is pronounced lee la.

I'd pronounce that as lie-la.
Why don't you spell it Leela?

I would think it sounded like Lie-la. With a strange and not particularly attractive spelling.

If I wanted Lee-la I would spell it Lila. Which is German for purple and is pronounced Lee-la.

Lila is pronounced ly-la isn't it?

I would pronounce Leila as Lee la. I wouldn't know how to pronounce the way you've spelt it, sorry. We've called our dd Lilah and it's pronounced lye la but people ask whether it's lye la or Lee la!

The Leela I knew was spelt just like that.

Would it be easier to simply spell it Leela?

I think she would be forever having to explain the correct pronounciation. When I saw the thread title I assumed it was a 'unique' spelling of Leila.

Not really sure what to suggest, I think you'd be better off just spelling it Leela. But then I think that would be a made up name. So yeah, it depends on how you feel about those......

Should be Lila

Call her lia

Oh hmmm it seems Leela is an actual name.

I'd go with that if you love that sound.

I've taught a Leela. I thought they'd made it up, but clearly not!

Tbf it could still be a made up name.

I'd pronounce Liyla lie-la, as in the name Lila.

If you want the pronunciation lee-la, call her Leela, like in Futurama.

Go with Leela.

I would pronounce Liyla as lie-hila. If you want Leela just spell it normally then everyone will understand

Leela looks much better than Liyla

Leela looks much better than Liyla. And Leila beats both by a mile! I'd go with Leila, I don't think you'd have to correct pronunciation more than once, and not with everyone.

I would have assumed Liyla is pronounced Lie-la, fwiw.

If I saw it written down I'd say "lie - la" (to rhyme with pie), not "lee" (to rhyme with pea) which I think is what you are after ?

I would assume it were a name from Indian heritage too.

The spelling you are looking for is Lila or Liala

I think the only way you'll get the correct pronunciation is if you spell it Leela, every other variation will get lay-la or ly-la