How would you pronounce...

[Trinityhome]

How would you pronounce the name Mila?

1. Mee-la
2. My-la

It's my favourite name right now but I worry people would pronounce it wrong

Thanks in advance

My friend's niece is a Mee-la

I know two both pronounced Miller (or Mill uh if you have a rhotic accent).

Like in Camilla

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But it’s your child, you can pronounce the name “Bob” if you like. Just introduce her and correct people when they say it wrong. Simples.

Mee-la (Kunis)

The one I know pronounces it Mil- ah

MEE-la. It's a Slavic name as someone said above.

I'm not getting why people would pronounce it like the second part of Camilla. You need double 'l' to get that pronunciation.

Mee-lah like Mila Kunis.

Second option.

@Trinityhome
Don't worry, people WILL pronounce it wrong anyway :)
We chose a name for DS that makes sense and is easily pronounceable both in native language and in english. Guess what: in the UK most ppl pronounce it wrong. By now we gave up on anyone every getting it right.

@DramaAlpaca

MEE-la. It's a Slavic name as someone said above.

I'm not getting why people would pronounce it like the second part of Camilla. You need double 'l' to get that pronunciation.

Because the Milas I know pronounce it like that. It's not up to me to correct the name they've had for 40+ years.

I agree @ShowOfHands, I was saying that pronouncing it MILL-uh when it only has one 'l' doesn't fit the usual spelling/pronunciation rules in English. Though I suppose anything goes when it comes to names and they can be pronounced however the parents want. It's just not logical to me, and I like things to be logical.

Oh I agree completely but all you need is one mill uh and it's uncommon enough that a lot of British people will only know one and it's then accepted pronunciation and the damage is done.

I struggle with girls called Sasha but that ship has also sailed. My need for order and rules just isn't accepted or acknowledged by the masses.

Oh, me too with Sasha, it's a Russian diminutive of Alexander fgs. And don't get me started on the new trend for calling girls Rory A strong male name meaning 'red king'. Just no.

I struggle with girls called Sasha but that ship has also sailed.

I wasn't even aware that there was a ship. Is there more than one way to pronounce it?

I see your ire and raise you: girls called Beau...

Mee-la

I would pronounce it Mee -la but with the spelling Meila I would pronounce it My -la . Ei is pronounced 'Ay' in Germanic languages.

@ShowOfHands Beau! God yes. And what about girls called James or other traditional boys' names? Another just no.

Myla

Me la, unless you told me otherwise.

@DramaAlpaca

MEE-la. It's a Slavic name as someone said above.

I'm not getting why people would pronounce it like the second part of Camilla. You need double 'l' to get that pronunciation.

Yes this! Really surprised by how many people would pronounce it like that when it simply doesn't work like that in normal English.

Mee-ya. I wouldn't sound the L.

We have a Mila, pronounced Meela. Most people do assume it's Myla at first. I would pronounce Meila as Myla or Mayla though.

Your comment is ridiculous. It's a Slavic name, nothing to do with washing appliances. Not every name is English.

No, but I'm speaking from the pov of somebody in the UK. I don't know where OP is. Plenty of names/words are normal and universally recognised in their country of origin, but it doesn't mean that every country interprets them the same way.

Having no Italian connections (tbh, even if I did), I personally wouldn't call a boy Andrea, living in the UK, as everybody would assume he was a girl or ask him why he had a girl's name.

Dikshit is a relatively common, normal name in India: it doesn't mean that most parents based in the UK would ever consider calling their child that.

It works the other way, too. For example, 'mist' is sometimes used as part of a name/description of a shampoo or deodorant (or paint colour) in the UK, but I wouldn't ever try to market a toiletry item in a German-speaking country called Fresh/Meadow/Summertime Mist, as the word means 'poo' there.