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?

Leela is a name. I know one.

Leila wouldn't be confusing because it is the Arabic name Leila pronounced Lay-la. It would never be pronounced Leela.

I'd struggle with the pronunciation.
Rule with names are spell it as you want it pronounced
Leela
Leighla

I was at school with a Leala (first version of the name I'd ever know, so to me it was "Lee-La" from the start). But she got called "Lay-La" by teachers a lot too.

It's just a name that you are going to have to pronounce for people if they pick the wrong one. Can you be arsed with that? If not, pick a different name.

Slightly off topic but I know of a boy called Leland- as in Lee-land.
What a strange name!

Really confusing spelling OP, why don't you just use Leela?

Layla and Leila and Lejla are pronounced Layla. They are relatively common names in many parts of the world and if you insist on Leila pronounced Leela then you ARE going to be correcting people's pronunciation.
Leela is pronounced Leela.
Lila can be Lie la or leela.
Both Leila and Leela are in Indian/Persian culture, Lila is a bit more European, depends what you want really. I really like Layla because I love that Eric Clapton song

I think most people in the U.K. would pronounce that spelling as "lie-la" not what you're after.
Why not just use Leela if that's the sound you want?

Lila is pronounced Lye-Ler. If you want Leela just have Leela. It's a name. In fact it was/is a character in Hollyoaks.

Lila is pronounced Lye-ler

Not necessarily. I've known several Lilas pronounced lee la

Liyla? - Looks made up, but I would think it was ly-la, to rhyme with Tyler, too. I would think that if you spelt it Lila or Lilah too, although I suppose your chosen pronunciation does make some sense with that spelling, but normally those names are 'lye-la'. And Leila is always lay-la.

Why don't you spell it Leela, then there's not much possibility of misunderstandings? In general, I don't think names with a y in the middle look that nice visually anyway, when written down, the 'y' looks awkward somehow.

Lila is german for violet (the colour) and pronounced Lee-la. I guess it's pronounced like that in many non English languages.

My friends have a Leela. Love the name! Why not just spell it like that.

I knew two Leilas, one pronounced Lay-la one pronounced Lee-la!

Leila would be like Sheila, so Leela.

Looks spelt wrong to me.

My name is Leela.....
it is pronounced "lee-la"
Amazing how many people still get it wrong!

Oh it is Indian/Persian origin from what I can gather, though I am neither. I do get a lot of compliments on it though

Liyla - Yoonique and guaranteed to cause people to think WTF?

I would thing it was pronounced Lee-Eye-la

No, Leila is not like Sheila.

Leila is pronounce lie-la or lay-la.

I have a neighbour called Leila who pronounces it Lee eye la! Call her Leela.

Well. I've certainly learned from this thread that there are a fair number of people who don't research how to actually pronounce a name before they choose to use it.

OP please do spell it Leela, it's the only acceptable way.

I know a Leila pronounced Leela, but the Arabic name transcribed as Leila is pronounced Lie-la or Lay-la. It means Night.

Leila is pronounced like Layla.