Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

How to spell this girl name

48 replies

rosemanry · 19/08/2018 14:29

Lyla , Lila, Lilah? for it to be pronounce Lie-lah. And thoughts on the name? Thank you x

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
pouraglasshalffull · 19/08/2018 14:31

I'd say probably Lyla, Lila(h) could get pronounced as lee-la

RavenWings · 19/08/2018 14:34

Personally I think Lilah looks best.

SmilingButClueless · 19/08/2018 14:38

How about Lylah?

NotAgainYoda · 19/08/2018 14:57

Lila

Cleanermaidcook · 19/08/2018 14:58

Lyla.

pipilangstrumpf · 19/08/2018 14:59

Lyla = Ly-la

Lila = Lee-la

Dontbuymesocks · 19/08/2018 15:00

Lila

LucyFox · 19/08/2018 15:02

Lyla

BakewellGin1 · 19/08/2018 15:03

Girl I went to College with was Leila xx

frogsoup · 19/08/2018 15:05

Laila

redfairy · 19/08/2018 15:06

Lilah as in short for Delilah

DryIce · 19/08/2018 15:06

Lila

BigBlueBubble · 19/08/2018 15:10

Lylah looks a bit like a “yooneek” spelling. As far as I know it’s normally spelled Lila or Lilah. I think both would be pronounced the way you want.

moredoll · 19/08/2018 16:41

Lilah or Lila

AuntieStella · 19/08/2018 16:45

Lila (as in the chocolate bar) but I think that spelling is pronounced other ways too, so Lyla might work better.

pipilangstrumpf · 19/08/2018 16:57

I would pronounce Lylah with a longer ah sound whereas Lyla is just Ly-la.

thegreylady · 19/08/2018 17:11

Leila I think

pipilangstrumpf · 19/08/2018 17:19

Leila like Sheila?

LimpidPools · 19/08/2018 17:20

Lila is German for purple and pronounced Lee-la. German speakers will always read it that way, but non-German speakers probably won't.

I'm a German-speaker and I'd probably go with Lyla for that reason.

I'd read Laila as Lay-la. And anything with h on the end looks yooneek and makes me think Aah, like a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

grasspigeons · 19/08/2018 17:22

Lilah

Ohyesiam · 19/08/2018 17:24

Leila

berylmeryl · 19/08/2018 17:29

Lyla

Leila is lay-la and Lila is Lee-la

Greeneyedgeek83 · 19/08/2018 17:37

Lilah is my favourite.

Icklepup · 19/08/2018 17:37

Lila, like in German

Icklepup · 19/08/2018 17:40

Oh, I thought you put lee-la.. Lila would be said like that in German. For lie-la I would have it Lilah

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Join Mumsnet Log In

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.