Shayla?

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What do you think? For a girl.

I think of it as a type of head cover rather than a name

I have a ds with the first 4 letters.

Went to school with a girl Shanie.. Really suited her. Your suggestion sounds too made up.

Sorry op.

Only if your name is Charlotte York.

Hadn't thought of that.

How do you mean?

Sounds made up? I'm sure I've heard it a few times.

Her daughters are Lily and Rose…?

I went to school with a Shayla (I’m late 40s). She was nice enough.

Let’s just say I wouldn’t want to be called it.

I currently teach a Shayla. As far as names I hear in school, it's definitely one of the less weird / made up.

Cannot unhear the Australian 'Sheila' though, and will now always think of this when I say her name!

There’s an episode of Sex and the City where they go to a friend’s baby shower and Charlotte gets upset when she learns that the baby is to be called Shayla. She maintains that she made the name up in school, her friend knew this, and stole it from her.

It’s the only time I’ve heard of Shayla so, if I heard it, I’d instantly think that the baby was named by a SATC fan.

Hayla, hayla shayla. Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie watcha, ging gang goo, ging gang goo. Hayla, hayla shayla

OMG that is exactly what went through my head too!

No.

Exactly this! 😂

I can’t unhear Sheila now it’s been pointed out though. It sounds made up, and while I know every name was made up once etc etc this one isn’t my cup of tea.

Don't like Shayla but Shyla is nice

Hayla, hayla shayla. Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie watcha, ging gang goo, ging gang goo. Hayla, hayla shayla

Yes, my first thought too

Sounds like the Australian pronunciation of Sheila

Yep, Charlotte and the stolen baby name episode immediately comes to mind for me too.

My first thought was Charlotte from SATC too

Didn't know it was a type of head cover too.

Thanks to this thread I am now singing the Ging Gang Goolie song on repeat in my head, lol….

It's a Blondie song!

Her baby name was Charla, bizarrely.

I know a Sheila who says it Shayla, I think she thinks it makes it sound posher.

I don’t like it OP sorry, its sounds made up and low rent, a bit Aussie barmaid c 1982

How about Sacha or Stella or Sara?

Oh yes, it is! I'd forgotten that.

OP, it's OK as a name. I quite like it actually.

I like it! It sounds like it should be a name it's a cross between kayla and sheila