Kala

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Thinking of Kala Anadahlia for soon to arrive DD. I think it's pretty and unique, but a friend said it may be too much? What do you think?

Is it pronounced Carla or Kayla?

Makes me think of koala

How is it pronounced?

I’d look at it and pronounce it Carla ?

In gujarti it means the colour black

I'd pronounce it Ka-la. There's no y.

To both names - what are you thinking??

Sorry but need help with the pronunciation of Kala. (I'm assuming Anadahlia is pronounced like Anna Dahlia in English)

I think you'd get a lot of different pronunciations - is it Carla, Kah'la, or Kay-la?

Kayla?

It sounds like a comedy name. Pretentious and made-up. Poor little girl being saddled with a lifetime of that name. Sorry OP but you asked. I hope you're not being serious.

I believe Kala is an actual Asian baby name.

Don't actually mind Kala too much and frankly can ignore middle names (is that made up?) but the differences in spelling and pronunciation (when put together) would bug me.

Why are people suggesting it pronounced Karla or Kayla when it is clearly Kala?! I'd say Ka-la.

I'd pronounce it the same as Calla. Which I really like, you will likely get issues with pronunciation but I doubt it would cause too many problems after people have been told once.

I know a Calla (like the lily) and I think it’s a lovely name. I’d assume the same pronunciation (no clue where people are getting Carla/Kayla from) but to be honest I much prefer the Calla spelling.

Isn't Nala from the Lion King pronounced to rhyme with Carla? I wouldn't know if it was Ka la or Carla.

There is no R in the name so why would it be Kar-la?

Kala is a bit meh but the middle name is just awful sorry

Both names are horrible

Tarzans mom was named Kala I think.

Ka-la I like the name, it was the name of a character in the Netflix series Sense 8.

Chavvy

Bingo.

Sorry. When I saw the thread title in active, the first thing that popped into my head was Bingo.

The pronunciation difficulties only come for people whose accents put r’s in where there aren’t any and don’t say them when they are there.

(Eg those people who pronounce Anna as arhna but drawers as draws)

I’d say Ka-la as I’m Scottish.

I wouldn’t use the name though as there is a large Scottish building company called Cala.

I would pronounce it kah-la, to rhyme with gala (which in my accent also rhymes with Karla, but I'm aware that a large proportion of the UK will disagree, due to differences in accents)