Help me choose how to spell our babies name!

[Bexchap]

So we are set on the baby girl name Elaya/Elaia pronounced E Lay a, however stuck on how to spell it, her nickname will probably be Laya/Laia

First spelling is a bit chavvy, second much nicer.

We are now thinking of the spelling Elaiya, thoughts on this?

Elaiya is horrid sorry. A total unnecessary extra vowel.
Eleia
Elaya
Elaia
in that order

Everything you have suggested would make me want to pronounce it el eye a not el lay a.
it's also a bit of a nothing blah name tbh.

All of them I would have the first syllable as 'eh' rather than 'ee' - which were you going for?

Think Eleia is the best spelling

I have a name no one can spell and its honestly never bothered me. I dislike its unisex and Ive not met many with unisex names who likes this but that also gets shut down here

Personally I prefer Elaia and beautiful name good choice no matter what spelling you chose

I’d pronounce Elaia E-lye-a. What about Leia?

This

I'm not seeing -ay- sound in Elaya or Elaia. I would pronounce both with -lie- sound, kind of like Maya.
I guess since Elaya is "new" name, I would go with Elaya over Elaia because I can't see -lay- in Elaia.

Alternatively, Elaea is possibility, kind of like some of those Greek names (Nausicaa (which is *-cay-a) or Astraea which follows your pronunciation).

Aleia or Eleia IMO