Need help spelling a name

[Annoy2312]

We love the name 'ALE-A' I'm not sure how best to spell it as Google suggests Ela but partner feels it's too much like Ella. We like Aela but this seems to spell 'A-LA'. Suggestions needed.

So you want it to rhyme with paler / jailer / sailor?

If so, Ayla is your best bet

@Annoy2312 I'm not sure how I would spell it to be honest.
I know people are suggesting Ayla but if I saw that I would say it as "Eye-la".
Sorry 🙁

Ailah?

If it’s pronounced Ayla then call the baby Ayla. Not Alea, which people won’t know how to pronounce. Plus, Ayla looks nicer than Alea.

Why??

Isla - eye-la

Ayla -ay-la

Just throwing it out there but have you considered Ailsa (recognised name - especially in Scotland)?

I know an Ayla pronounced Ale ah

And then lies the problem.
Nobody will know how to pronounce it.

Don't do this to your daughter.

@BellissimoGecko I have just always assumed that was how Ayla was pronounced.
I have only ever seen it written - I've never actually heard it out loud.
If it generally is pronounced Ay-la then I will use that from now on 🙂
I'm not getting "Ale-la" from it though?🤔

It's Ayla. If Ayla was pronounced Eye-la it would be Isla.
But I think Aela works too!

I know one... Pronunciation AIL-UH

Agreed...that ar-lee-uh!

Ayla - Ayla (as in say) La

@BellissimoGecko but "say" isn't the same pronunciation as "ale".
So I wouldn't say Ayla is the right spelling for what she wants.

Some ideas.....
Aiy-lah
or
Aayler......like Taylor without the T
or
Aeylaah

Ayula

Eala is the Irish word for Swan, the name is becoming more popular here in Ireland in recent years. If that is what your pronunciation is.

Aila

Aila, my DD has a friend named Aila and her parents pronounce it ‘Ale-ah’

We had a couple of Ailas at school pronounced Ale-ah

Not necessarily - Ay can be Eye, as in “Aye aye captain”

In Hebrew Ayla is Ail-la; in Turkish Ayla is Eye-la.

I know one pronounced the way you want and they spell it Ayla.

Aila

Eyla
Ayla is usually pronounced like Isla and I think some people would say Aila like that too