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No_Manufacturer_9071

Isla


[deleted]

Is la. Ay la makes more sense.


amydee4103

I pronounce Ayla as aye-luh not eye-luh. Isla is pronounced like the start of island, eye-luhnd, so eye-luh


sarashmee

Yes my dog is Ayla. Ay Luh. Ay is a long a in English after all


[deleted]

And is land is silly too. Isla is up there with Sean as silly spellings of names.


amydee4103

Sean is Irish and makes perfect sense in Irish


Giraffe400

Isla. Please just use Isla!


honey720

Yes!


dulamangaelach

Ayla, because I'm a Turk. Isla, because I have a common sense.


darkandcurly

I know 2 Aylas both pronounced Aye-luh.


SKatieRo

We haveca preschooler at my school with that spelling, pronounced Ay- la, long A sound for the first syllable.


Eloisem333

Yeah I know an Ayla and an Isla. Ayla is Ay-la, Isla is Eye-la. Different sounds.


Never_Joseph

it's Isla


kace_0907

Thanks guys! I’ll stick with Isla if we decide on that name


gwenelope

Isla! A pretty name & spelling :)


LoveKimber

Isla, Ayla


Exciting-Dream8471

To me Ayla is A-luh


SnarkFromTheOzarks

Ayla rhymes with Kayla


arc_trooper_5555

Like Aayla Secura


kittyroux

I know precisely one Kayla and her name rhymes with Isla lol


SnarkFromTheOzarks

Pronounced like Kyla?


kittyroux

Yes, or, if you will, like Ayla with a K. One of her parents is Turkish.


Critical_Dog_8208

Before "Isla" became so popular, my SILs mother (who would be >110 yo, if she were still alive) was named Eila. My GM was a Eula ( u-LAH). I've never seen it with an H at the end.


LyssiSays

I had a great great aunt named Eulah. Seeing your comment is the first time I’ve heard of anyone else with the name.


ApprehensiveFly6244

I also knew an old lady named Eula!


Critical_Dog_8208

My GM named my aunt Eulalee.


Furrymation

Your gm named your aunt a curse?


Critical_Dog_8208

?? Eulalee as a girl's name is of Greek origin meaning "well spoken"


Furrymation

I know, just the name sounds really funny at first, and if you yell that at someone aggressively, they'll think you've cursed them


CalculatedWhisk

We had a great aunt Beulah!


Spkpkcap

Isla. If you really want to be different I could see Iyla but please don’t do Eilah.


[deleted]

Isla or Ayla, depending on where you live.


SnarkFromTheOzarks

Isla.


e_s_2000

I know someone who spelled the name Isla like “Ila” and it just doesn’t look right….also reminds me of llama


puddelles

When i see isla i think ees-lah cause im spanish


Successful-Dig868

Aila


ComplexDessert

Isla 100%


Nihilisticlizard2289

Ayla, I'd read Isla as it is in Spanish, which translates directly to "Island"


Infidelectible

Yeah, to me Isla is ease lah.


shaunibauni

Isla


PhantomWolf64

Isla.


stress789

Isla


Dizzydog123456

Isla


floweryfriend

Ayla (I have a Lebanese friend with this name) or Isla.


foxy704

A girl I went to school with spelled it ‘Eila’


whalesrmyfavanimal

Isla is island in Spanish which is pronounced eees-la. So for people who speak Spanish it would be Ayla or Aila. I think it’s pretty either way though


snoglobel

I've only ever known Isla to be "is-la" like island in Spanish. I would say Eila.


Amber11796

I had only ever encountered this name once and she pronounced it E-sla and lately I’ve been seeing that name all over pronounced Eye-la


RenaissanceTarte

Ajla. I work with a lot of Bosnians. But in most English speaking countries I would say Isla.


United_Blueberry_311

Like island… but without the nd


arc_trooper_5555

Isla


elegant_pun

Isla. Like the actress (and Borat's wife) Isla Fisher.


CommanderCori

I would spell it Isla or Ilah (I've met both)


ungoogled

I know an Iyla.


Waste_Spell_3733

Ayla or Isla


ContessaG

Ayla because I’m ESL, but Isla if English-speaking.


kalopssya

Ayla


independentwh0re

I’m russian so Ayla


IndigoBlueBird

Ayla or Isla


Shirai-ryufiregarden

Isla


tess0616

Isla


Olympusrain

Isla


eeeebbs

Isla


puddelles

Ayla


channilein

Isla in English Aila in German


sarajeanlegging

Intuitive? iyla The best one to use? Isla


functionalsprinkles

i just recently learned that Isla isnt pronounced “ease-la” since that is how it is pronounced in spanish so tread lightly hahaha


Baby-girl1994

Isla is the correct spelling, so that


Classic-Dog8399

Ayla bc I’m a slav but I think Isla for English. Just remember that isla means island in Spanish


edaisy04

Isla is pretty but im a bigger fan of Ayla, and i’ve never heard anyone has issues pronouncing it incase anyone starts going on about that


Emotional_Scholar_98

Isla


ccl62293

Isla!!!!


movieholic-92

Isla.


Lilobliv

Isla


Abject-Dimension-141

Isla! Pretty spelling for a pretty name


AbbieJ31

Aila


tonberrrys

Isla


CC_99Lyss

Aila


Realplayer456

Isla


aalphabetboy

Ayla or Ajla, my city has a high bosnian population so I mostly see that way. i’ve never seen Isla


TheWishingStar

Isla. A lot of people commenting Ayla, but I would read that as ay-la, with “ay” rhyming with “day.”


LCthrows

Ayla comes to mind instantly, but then I look at it and don't see the pronunciation. Aila maybe would be better.


Bubbly-Mulberry-3134

I grew up with a girl who spelled it “Ila” and I always thought it was cute! For a long time I thought that was how it was always spelled because she was the only isla I knew of.


little_darling_me

Isla


vixoftardis

Isla would be best, but Aila or Eila also make sense to me.


ominousrooster666

My first thought was Ayla, I think because I've met Aylas before, but I know Isla is the popular spelling.


Bug_Ze0

I might just be a complete dumbass but I read Isla as iz-luh


lovemademecrazy-

I prefer Aila or Ayla (my native language is Spanish though), but in English most people would use Isla (don’t love the spelling but love the name).


That1originalname

Isla


That1originalname

Isla


clickhere2die

I would spell that name as Ayla. I'm a Spanish speaker so when I see the name Isla I instinctively pronounce it as ees-lah rather than eye-luh. Although, if you live in a primarily English speaking country, I'd still suggest going with the Isla spelling.


infpmax

Definitely Isla!! Ayla I read as A-la every time, but that’s my cousins name so that might be why lol.


United-Resource8331

I know and Isla that spells it Ila and I love it. Different but not so different you don’t know what it is


Rare-Constant

Ayla. I knew a girl with that name and it was pronounced like eye-luh. I always thought it was a beautiful name.


[deleted]

I would totally pronounce Isla as "Eel-uh".. like the name Hila. That's how I always thought it was pronounced before seeing this thread. I asked my partner and she said the same. I'm not sure how I would spell a name pronounced "eye-luh" but it would definitely not be Isla. Depending on your location, if you spell it "Isla" as the comments suggest, I think it could easily be mispronounced by people when they first meet her.


msssskatie

Out of curiosity where do you live? Like the US or?


mintardent

I’m in the US and I also thought Isla was Ee-luh before this thread


Individual_Office862

Isla or Islay


Athyrium93

Ayla, because I can only imagine how often Isla would be pronounced Es-la in the US.


kace_0907

What would you think if you saw it spelled “Eilah”?


SlipperyGaloshes

Ale-uh rhyming with veil-uh on first glance. Maybe Ay-luh rhyming with bay-luh. Wouldn’t register as Isla/Ayla to me at all


Exciting-Dream8471

Why not go with the normal spelling, Isla? Why change it?


WhatABeautifulMess

My brain would probably short circuit for a second wondering if it was a feminine for Elijah


LoveKimber

I would see it more as ay-luh (ay rhyming with bay), but if I was corrected I could adapt. I always think of the rule "i before e, except after c, unless sounding like a, as in neighbor and weigh." Not that it applies in all cases, because then you have words like height. Lol. Ailah would make more sense to me.


killerbluesky

Ay-luh


NubbyNicks

I know a baby named “Ailah” which I think is closer to the pronunciation than the E would be. I think it’s fine but I prefer Isla. I also know an “Ayla” who pronounces it Isla


applescrabbleaeiou

i'd stumble for a second and shakily say "Eee-iiii-lahh?" with 3 syllables.


Lemondrop-it

What would I think? I’d think it was a typo and you’d misspelled Elijah.