Down to 2 names need help to pick!!

[PW1992]

So managed to get my list down to 2 baby girl names and need help to pick the best one! I'm Scottish so I know my names wont be everyone's cup of tea but I love them just need help choosing one!

So my first one is Eilidh, pronounced as Ailie, not sure which spelling I would use?

Second one is similar as its Aila, pronounced Ay-luh. It's different from Isla as I'm not keen on that name.

Eilidh

Eilidh

Eilidh definitely. Beautiful name!

DD2 has an Irish name and people have just had to deal with the spelling and pronunciation.

@PumpingPamela love Aila also! Doesn't really matter about the Scottish thing to me just matters about finding the best name 😁

@florascotia2 Aila in Scotland means from a strong and resilient place 😁 the meaning actually fits quite well! You can find the meanings on the scottish baby names website

@KirstenBlest I agree I dont trust wikipedia for information it's completely unreliable.

Thanks for all the helpful replies! I think it's looking like Eilidh is winning at the moment 😁

Worth considering that if you choose Eilidh no one will be able to spell it and she will always be spelling out her name. I would go with Aila for that reason. Aila would probably still need spelling but it's easier.

With Eilidh I imagine a lot of people will think it's Hayley at first. That will be a common misspelling/ misunderstanding.

Eilidh is beautiful

Eilidh (spelled that way) is lovely. Not so keen on Aila.

Worth considering that if you choose Eilidh no one will be able to spell it

If OP lives in Scotland this won’t be an issue, everyone knows how to spell Eilidh.

Exactly what @CloudFormations said.

Aila disappears into the Ayla, Kayla, Layla, Taylor, Ava, Ada type names.

Eilidh is lovely. I'm English and living in England. I think it's known enough people shouldn't have that much of an issue with working once they've seen what it is.

Thanks pamela

Eilidh

I prefer Aila.

Eilidh I prefer but Aila is nice.

Ailsa and Elish both have a similar sound. Elish Angiolini is a very prominent lawyer.

PW1992 No, it really doesn't. That Wikipedia entry is wrong and gives no source reference to back up its (erroneous) claims. But it's been copied by so many other sites. Baby name sites really can't be relied on.

In Gaelic, place is 'aite'; strong is 'laidir'. 'From a strong place' is 'bho àite làidir'. Another word for a strong place is is 'daingean' (ie dungeon).

A stronghold (fortress, strong place) is 'cuith' or 'cuithir' or 'dun' or 'gearastan'

Ail in Gaelic is 'a rock'. learngaelic.scot/dictionary/index.jsp?abairt=ail&slang=gd&wholeword=false But it's pronounced 'ahl' not 'ail' or 'ale'.

I cannot find any examples of Aila being used as a name in Scotland until recently. Ailsa yes, Isla/Islay yes.

Aila!

Aila has been my baby name forever although I plan on pronouncing it A-lah.

Ailsa has also been one of my favourites forever too!

@incywincyspiders its lovely isnt it, that's how I plan on pronouncing it as well 😁

@florascotia2 fab info! 👌

To anyone - if you're going to use made-up Gaelic names, just be very careful about what they might mean. Cautionary tale here:
www.thenational.scot/news/14902997.gaelic-expert-warns-of-howlers-by-tattooists-who-dont-know-the-language/

Aila = 'of the rock' - is not traditionally a name but is the genitive case of ail (rock) and is spelled this way: aileach. Pronounced approx 'ahylla' www.wordsense.eu/ail/