Girl name Ilayda (ilayda)

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Hi, posted a name thread yesterday with a list of Turkish names on my list but forgot to include the name Ilayda.

Would be grateful for any opinions on how this name reads to a non-turkish ear and how you assume it is pronounced upon reading it? Also, general thoughts on the name?

Thank you :-)

When typed the capital i and a small L look the same which doesn't help.

I think there are some parents who don't care that their child will spend a lifetime explaining how to pronounce and spell their name and some parents who just never inflict that on them.

That's my opinion anyway 😀

ill lay dar if I concentrate ( ill lar dar if I skim read )

I lay da
I lie da

Yes this does concern me a little….

What do you think of the name Selin?

Both horrible imo

I don't like how similar the I and L look so close together.

Don't like Selin as lots of pun potential and looks like a boys name from a non Turkish perspective

What about with an E, is Turkish names Muslim too? Thought Turkish would use Arabic names also.

I had a Turkish friend as a kid, can't remember how her name was spellt but it was pronounced Chay-lin which is cute IMO

Elayda. E lay da.
I like it. Reminds me of Elaine or Elaina

Are spellings flexible? Elaida/Elayda and Seline would be more easily pronounced and spelt to English eyes and ears

There is a Turkish girl at my sons school called Selini. And you can also use Selina which is Arabic as well. I love Arabic names.

Yes the seline is nice and sounds French and pretty

Selina which is Arabic as well., I think it's of Greek origin (Selene - godess of the moon)

I used to work with some Turkish people and Selin, Pelin and Elif were my favourite names.

i-LAY-da. rhymes with darth vader. it's nice, unique and pronounced just as it's spelt.

No.No.
Yes to Serena.

Id be concerned that it would be shortened to ill (at secondary school kids seem to called each other by the first syllable of their names!)

I love ilayda! (Guessing it is ill-lay-dah)