How would you pronounce Leia? Running out of time to register

[Mountainfreshair]

First time poster but would love your thoughts on how you would pronounce Leia?

We don’t have long left to register the birth and had decided on Leia long before I was pregnant, I’m now doubting it as worried that she will have a lifetime of people mis-spelling or saying her name wrong.. My intention would be Leia, pronounced as Laya.

The other option is Harper but aware this is very popular at the moment but still lovely and suits her too.

Thanks in advance

Lay - a

Maya like my-ah or Maya like may-ah?

Surprised by posters unfamiliar with Princess Leia, Star Wars is such a massive cultural phenomenon you'd think everyone would be vaguely familiar with her.

When l first read it l said Lee-A

Lay a. Like others have said like princess Leia.

I would have no idea how to pronounce that because I’m not a Star Wars fan. I think I would guess Leah.

Lay-a

I think the Star Wars pronunciation will be the vast, vast majority for a long, long time to come.

And I prefer it to Harper

Princess Leia

I watched it for the first time about 2 weeks ago at the request of DC and didn’t think much of it tbh but I’d still have known who Princess Leia was as a basic pop culture reference. So many other shows reference it! Like in Friends where Rachel dresses up for Ross.

Girl in my sons class is called Leia, she gets called a mix of laya or leah - she apparently hates the Star wars reference and wants to change it to Leah spelling when she's older because she's always correcting people with spelling and pronunciation 😬

Like the Princess

Harper's nicer and easy to spell and pronounce.

I know a Leia who pronounces it Lee-ah. But i think Laya is more the common pronunciation

Like Princess Leia so pronounced layer

I would say Lay-a. But really it's unavoidable to have a mix of being called Lay-a and Lee-a.

Lay-ah. I don't like Harper but it's a nice surname.

I would pronounce it Laya too…but I love Harper! I have an 8 month old and go to 3 busy baby classes a week and not come across one yet so bet it’s not that popular

Lay-a the original (now Disney) Princess - although she is actually General at the end. Such a geek.

Lee-ah

Lee a

Lay-a

Lay- a

As in Star Wars.

I think most people would be familiar with the character.

And in any case, a mispronounced name isn't the disaster it's made out to be here.

Leia - definitely lay-uh
Leah - definitely lee-uh

Harper - definitely horrible. Makes me think of harpy.

Lee-ah? Really not a Star Wars fan here so no idea how it's supposed to be pronounced

I've never seen Star Wars either. But I have managed to become familiar with the name of an iconic character of 20th and 21st century cinema regardless.