How would you pronounce the name Ayla?

I am in love with the name [name_f]Ayla[/name_f], and truly love the way it sounds as “Eye-la.” My only concern is that setting my child up for a future filled with mispronunciations, embarrassment, and frustration.

The only [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] I have ever known pronounced it like [name_f]Kayla[/name_f] without the K.
My biggest concern would be that with the [name_f]Isla[/name_f] spelling being so popular that she would definitely be correcting people all the time.
As a mom of a [name_f]Keira[/name_f] and the one million spelling versions of the name I would reconsider giving a popular name an uncommon spelling…

With that pronunciation [name_f]Isla[/name_f] makes more sense for you. [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] rhymes with [name_f]Kayla[/name_f] as far as I’m aware. Is there any reason you couldn’t use [name_f]Isla[/name_f]? Or do you prefer the look of [name_f]Ayla[/name_f]?

The only [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] I’ve known said it like [name_f]Kayla[/name_f]. I know the Turkish name [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] is said like [name_f]Isla[/name_f] so it is a legitimate spelling. I don’t know how much you’d be setting your kid up for confusion but honestly, she’d probably have to spell her name either way. My name is [name_u]Abby[/name_u] and I constantly have to spell my name out for people, even though it’s the most common spelling.

I would also say [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] like [name_f]Kayla[/name_f] without the K.

If you don’t want to use the [name_f]Isla[/name_f] spelling, how about [name_f]Eila[/name_f]?

I recently received a birth announcement with this name and I was wondering the same thing.

I would say [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] rhymes with [name_f]Kayla[/name_f]. For eye-la I would use “[name_f]Isla[/name_f]”.

ETA: I like the suggestion of [name_f]Eila[/name_f] above too

I would automatically default to AY-la

Thanks everybody! I like [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] because it means “halo around the moon” or “the moons aura.” The Turkish pronunciation for this is “eye-la” and I like the sound of it better than “Aye-la.” Also it’s a family tradition to have the first daughter start with an “a.” I do think we could really like the pronunciation of “Aye-la” however.

As someone who always has to correct their name, I can’t say I’ve ever been embarrassed by it. Frustrated, sure, but my SO has a name that was in the top 10 for 30+ years (still in the top 50) and there’s only one common spelling for it to my knowledge, and he still has to correct it from time to time (it’s often confused with [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] and [name_u]Jace[/name_u], no idea why?).

I would actually say Eye-la, only because SO’s cousin has a little [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] who says it this way (and was named it for the same reason!). It’s very pretty! Ay-la is pretty as well though, you can’t really go wrong either way.