How do you pronounce Mila?

romanticism · January 26, 2012, 4:29pm

See the results of this poll: How do you pronounce Mila?

Respondents: 51 (This poll is closed)

mee-luh : 44 (86%)
my-luh: 7 (14%)

characternamer · January 26, 2012, 4:38pm

I think it works with [name]Emilia[/name], and I would say Mee-luh.

ashthedreamer · January 26, 2012, 5:05pm

I say Mee-lah. I absolutely love [name]Milena[/name] and [name]Emilia[/name], but I’m not crazy about [name]Mila[/name] itself. Still, I think it could easily work as a nn for either full name!

r_j · January 26, 2012, 6:48pm

I think it works for your full name choices. I pronounce it mee-lah. A spelling of [name]Myla[/name] would make me say my-luh. (Like [name]Mira[/name] and [name]Myra[/name].)

romanticism · January 27, 2012, 12:29am

Thanks for your responses From the poll, it appears mee-luh wins hands down, which is exactly what I was hoping for!

bancios · January 27, 2012, 2:53am

I have a daughter called [name]Milla[/name], which is the more common spelling in Australia. We say Meelah. You can also use the nn [name]Mila[/name]/[name]Milla[/name] with the name [name]Camilla[/name].

genevie · January 27, 2012, 8:12am

I perfer the pronunciation MY-luh, but I also pronounce it MEE-luh as that’s the “normal” one I definitely think it would work as a nickname for [name]Emilia[/name].