Alaia pronunciation

[Dani2107]

Hi everyone :)

Baby girl is due in few months and husband and myself have struggled choosing a name
The only name we love is Alaia - pronounced as (a-lay-ah) but I’m worried people will pronounce as (a-lie-a)

How would you pronounce it ?

Thank you

A-Lay-Ah, I think it's a lovely name

A-lay-ah, I love it too!

I’ve only ever heard it as “a liar”

Without anyone to tell me, I would say A-lie-ah .

There will be a lifetime of spelling it out. And in the original, is there not a double dot over the i ?

Sounds nice though.

I would say it with Lay in the middle.
There is a popular fashion brand called Alaïa. Also there is a YouTube influencer with a baby called Alaia.

It is an Arabic name.

I'd ask the child/parents how to pronounce. Most people who are in the child's life will learn pretty quickly.

A-liar

A Liar.
As far as I know that's how the fashion label is pronounced.
If you want people to say Alaya, then maybe spell Alaya?

Cher: ‘You don’t understand. This is an Alaia.’

Mugger: ‘An a whatta?’

Cher: ‘An Alaia. It’s like a totally important designer.’

I would also use Alaya instead of Alaia because of the brand and pronunciation confusion. It just makes more sense.

Don't like the name at all. It will constantly be pronounced wrong.

Someone I know has this name, she pronounces it A-Lee-Ah

I would initially pronounce it as a-lie-a
But then would second guess myself and say a-lay-a

She'll get sick of having to spell it out for people and explain the pronunciation. Some people will argue back about how it is meant to be pronounced. I'm sure it's a nice enough name, but it'll be an irritation for her as she goes through life.

Thank you everyone . I agree it would be annoying to keep pronouncing it .. alaya could work but somehow I don’t think it looks as nice . Names are hard ! The only other name I like is Pia wish hubby would get on board !

Alaya looks lovely if you both love Alaia it may be worth considering Alaya.
Pia is very sweet I had a hindu friend at school called Pia.
Do you like Tia?

Ah-lie-Ah

I'd say 'Ah-lay-ah'.

I have a cousin called Piia (we're from Finland originally), the Finnish double 'I' means the sound is slightly longer, like 'Peeee-ah', but Pia is a sweet, simple name.

My friends daughter is Alaia and is pronounced A-lee-ah. Took me a while because I would normally say A-lay-ah

Have you considered
Ayla or Aaliyah?

A liar

The only one I know is an Al-ee-ah

Ah-liar

However it's very rare I'd only ever see a name written down before I was introduced to it. Plus once introduced it would be super easy to remember. If you like it go for it.

A-lie-a like the fashion brand