Not pregnant, just curious about a name. Have you ever met anyone called Aylia?

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Not A(a)liya(h). AYlia. Pronounced as spelt.

I knew someone with this name at school (who would now be in her 50s). People hearing the name for the first time sometimes assumed she must be Indian, but she wasn't, she was white English with a classic English middle name and surname, and had a sibling with a much more conventional name. (And for what it's worth I've never met anyone Indian called Aylia either.)

I've never ever heard of another one. For some reason I was thinking about her recently and I looked up the history of the name - there's not much out there about it, but different sources are claiming it's Gaelic or Nigerian! (This person had no obvious links to either of those cultures.)

Just wondered if anybody else has ever met one, and if so, whether they shared the story behind their name. I kind of like it.

No, not heard of this one before. I know an Alya which I think it's an Arabic name (?), thought that's what you meant at first. I think it's pretty but with slightly unusual names the child may have a lifetime of correcting spellings haha x

Aylia is not Scottish Gaelic. Very few Scottish Gaelic female names end in 'a'

Eilidh (Ay-leeh) is Scottish Gaelic for Ellie/Helen/Ellen and perhaps Eleanor.

'Helen'/Ellen/Ellie' names are often said to have the meaning of 'light' or 'source of light', though this is not definite.
That's the meaning suggested for 'Aylia' on some baby name websites. I think they have got muddled up. Very few baby name websites give accurate information.

I know a few Aila's under the age of 5, pronounced Ay-la. Aylia is like a combination of Aliyah, Eilidh and Leah. Very unusual.

@florascotia2

Aylia is not Scottish Gaelic. Very few Scottish Gaelic female names end in 'a'

Eilidh (Ay-leeh) is Scottish Gaelic for Ellie/Helen/Ellen and perhaps Eleanor.

'Helen'/Ellen/Ellie' names are often said to have the meaning of 'light' or 'source of light', though this is not definite.
That's the meaning suggested for 'Aylia' on some baby name websites. I think they have got muddled up. Very few baby name websites give accurate information.

Yes! Most baby name sites I've come across are so bad with their info. I looked up Scottish names on a few and it was ridiculous what they had. Sometimes they'll have Scottish words like Bonnie or MacKenzie but those aren't names for women in Scotland.

Mimi

Never heard of Aylia.
Is it said like alien without the n?
Heard of Aaliyah and Ayla.

Is it said like alien without the n?

Yes, that's right.

I thought it didn't sound very Scottish (DH is of Scottish descent and has a lot of relatives).

I'm beginning to think the likeliest explanation was that the parents had heard Eilidh, didn't know how it was usually spelt, and thought an A on the end was optional like with Julie/Julia, which were both quite popular back then.

I know an EYElia. Breton/Cornish I think.

The Irish word "áille" is pronounced "awlya", "ahlya" or maybe at a pinch "aylya". I think.

It means beauty.