Lyla or Lilah

[CharlieSon]

Have picked this if we have a girl but unsure how to spell it. What do you think?

I prefer Lilah and I've never heard it pronounced any way except Lye-lah. I don't mind Lyla spelling though. The Lyla in the extended royal family is Lyla Gilman

Lyla

We almost picked Lilah for our daughter (lie-lah). I love that spelling, especially with the H. But by not having the y it can open up some issues with miss pronoucition so not sure...

Hi OP, I'd say Lyla is safest option for others not misprounouncing but either work imo! Lovely name btw.

I know a Lyla

Lina is an alternative option also.

Lila is the most sensible spelling.

Having an h on the end seems unnecessarily complicated (and somehow cheapens it?)

Lyla is fine but not as pretty imo.

But Lila is often pronounced Lee la. Like Mila.

Lyla is always pronounced Lyla.

Lila is the most sensible and normal spelling and is pronounced Lie-la.

Lila

Lila is not pronounced leela-how does an i ever become an e?

An i never becomes an e.

But the letter i makes the sound ee, sometime short (Lift) or long (Mila)

Lilah

Nina. Nee-na.
Tina. Tee-na

Leila (imo) is pronounced Layla, like Leilani.

I would say Lilah

If I wanted Lila/Lilah/Lyla to sound like Mila, I would spell it Leela

Lila.

Mila, Lila, Tina, Nina etc are all pronounced with the letter i sounding like ee.

Lyla, Myra, Lycra etc would be pronounced with the Y sound that you want.

And adding an H doesn't really add any sound imo!

Lila

Lyla.

I have a Lyla - I prefer Lila when typed but handwritten, Lyla looks nicer and nobody ever mispronounces it!

@diddlediddle Lila is most commonly pronounced Lee - lots of names don’t have phonetic spellings either where they evolved or have international roots. I’m sure you wouldn’t pronounce Francesca anything except CH

I would always pronounce both Mila and Lila as Meela and Leela.

Lila is also the German word for the colour lilac, pronounced Lee la.

I can see that Lila could be pronounced Lee-lah, although I think most people would say Lie-lah because it looks most similar to familiar words like:

Lilo - pool lilo
Lilac - with no c

I think it's the prettiest version but I agree that if the OP wants to be 100% sure it won't be mispronounced then Lyla is safest.

Lilah