NEED HELP WITH BABY GIRL NAME - AYLA, KAYLEE, OR ELLA

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Baby girl is due any day, and I still have no name for her. Thinking of Ayla, Kaylee, or Ella. Any insight would be appreciated!😘

Ella is my favourite. Ayla is OK but I wouldn’t be certain how to pronounce. I dislike Kaylee.

Ella 200%

I really like Ayla. Not as common as the others but strong and pretty. I also like the suggestion of Eilidh - great name.

I’m going to have Kayleigh by Marillion stuck in my head all day now. To be fair, as 80s ballads go it’s a proper banger, so not a bad name association.

The Kayleighs I know are all SICK of this song!

Of your choices OP, I like Ella the best, though it’s popular at the moment if that bothers you.

Really like Ella.

But how about Iona?

Kayla.

@TheFireflies I can imagine they are. But it wouldn’t have been such a popular name without the song, if this graph from the BBC is to be believed.

… and your name has reminded me of Kaylee from the TV series Firefly, who’s a great character. I’ve now decided I actually really like the name, however it’s spelled.

We've just named our daughter Iona and have had so many compliments on her name. So I'm biased and think you should go for that 🤣

Ella Ella - like Rihanna you mean?

I know a little Ayla (only cos she plays with my dog in the park!) Her name is pronounced like Isla, in fact I assumed her name was Isla until I noticed Ayla on her school back and I started chatting to her mum about my misunderstanding. Although I like it pronounced both ways, if I'd seen it before hearing it I would've thought it was pronounced Ay-la. Which way would you pronounce it?

I like Ella as well, but don't like Kaylee. I think it looks like a misspelling of Kayleigh and I expect people with that name to be mid to late 30s after the song was popular.

Back =bag

Actually I always thought Marillion made up the name Kayleigh for the song!

80sneverend.com/kayleigh/

@JamSandle - Kaylee/ Kayleigh is not an Irish name.

A céilí (pronounced kay-lee) - Scottish 'cèilidh' - is a country dance.

Of the names, I would choose Ella.

However, you are going to get dirty looks from the friend whose daughter is Isla. The names are very close in sound.

Would you like -
Elisa
Elise
Elena (Elayna)
Alina (Al-ee-na)
Lena
Lara
Leila
Lola
Lyra

Another vote for Ella for the same reasons. I also like the nicknames for Ella.

Kyla
Keeley
Loulla

I think Ella is beautiful.
Ayla I think is lovely if pronounced ay (rhymes with hay) la. I would never have thought to pronounce it Isla until reading pp. So so many Islas, literally 3 per class round my way.
Kaylee is awful, like a southern US trashy name.

Love Ayla!

are they not pronounced the same so don’t know how u can say no to Isla but want to use Ayla?

Ella is my favourite from your list but agree it’s very popular. I like the suggestion of Callie

Oops, I meant to spell it Kaylie, not Kaylee.

I dislike names ending in ‘ee’ and ‘igh.’ I prefer the spelling Kayley, but it’s not my favourite name. I pronounce ‘Ayla’ like ‘ay-la’, not ‘eye-la’ (Isla). I feel like Ayla is an incomplete name. Ella is okay but not my favourite either.

Kaylied means drunk, so Kaylie is even worse thank Kaylee!

@GelPens1 Any other suggestions?