How would you pronounce 'Zelia'?

[Pinkfrog32]

Please write down the phonetic breakdown below. Thank you!

Zee Lee ah

If I had to guess, I would try it to rhyme with Celia, too, but, when I see a name I'm not sure of, I generally check with the person.

ZAIL-ee-ah or ZE(Y)L-ya

Zee-lee-a

To rhyme with Delia and Celia

I went to uni with a Zelia. She always had to introduce herself as ‘Zelia with a zed’ otherwise she got called Celia.

Zayleeah

Zelia to rhyme with Amelia, Delia, Ophelia
Zee lee ah

Thanks, everyone! This helped my husband and I a lot. We'd lost objectivity looking at the name for our little one. We have been pronouncing it 'Zee-lee-ya' like Celia / Delia.

Zee-lee-a but it reminds me of Godzilla

Zel-ya
or
Thel-ya
Sometimes
Tsel-ya
and occasionally
Gel-ya the unspeakable g that's a bit like sh.
Surrounded by people from all over the world.

Zee-lee-a

Same as Delia

Ze Le Ah

Zel -Lee -a

I too read it as sounding like Celia and Delia.

I am an idiot because I read it with the Ze to rhyme with Zelda. Zeh-Lee-uh.

Zel (to rhyme with cell) ee-a (as in beginning of apple)

Zell-ya

Zell. EE. Ya

Like Delia, as in Delia Smith but with a Z.