Leila or Lilah?

amyjess79 · December 2, 2012, 3:42am

[name]Hi[/name] all, I love both these names for a girl… Having trouble deciding… could you please help me out!?

[name]Leila[/name] Or [name]Lilah[/name]…??

For a Boy i have [name]Kai[/name] [name]William[/name] chosen

system · December 2, 2012, 4:38am

I like both as long as [name]Leila[/name] is pronounced like ‘layla’. I think I narrowly prefer [name]Leila[/name].

stripedsocks · December 2, 2012, 7:36am

I agree with this. But if you’re pronouncing [name]Leila[/name] any other way but “lay-la” I switch my vote to [name]Lilah[/name] as long as [name]Lilah[/name] is “lye-la.”

laethey · December 2, 2012, 8:36am

I like [name]Lilah[/name] more that [name]Leila[/name].

edenlyla13 · December 2, 2012, 9:05am

I like [name]Lilah[/name] more :), however i think I’m biased

dannikelli · December 2, 2012, 9:06am

I pronounce
[name]Leila/name
[name]Lilah[/name] (lye-la)

I think it depends on what you want for pronunciation.
I like [name]Lilah[/name] but I’m biased because it is one of my favorite names.
Good luck.

daisy451 · December 2, 2012, 9:19am

[name]Leila[/name], lay-la. I don’t like the long i in [name]Lilah[/name] at all.

Mischa · December 2, 2012, 10:00am

[name]Leila[/name] gets my vote as I don’t like the unnecessary “h” at the end of [name]Lilah[/name]. [name]Lilah[/name] just looks like the end of [name]Delilah[/name]. I prefer the vintage look of [name]Lila[/name] much better.

roseymaam · December 2, 2012, 7:51pm

In order of preference:

[name]Leila[/name] (pronounced lee-la)
[name]Lilah[/name] (I prefer [name]Lila[/name])
[name]Leila[/name] (pronounced lay-la)

emelis · December 2, 2012, 8:17pm

[name]Leila[/name] said [name]Lee[/name]-la.

system · December 3, 2012, 2:15am

I don’t really want to start another debate over this. I just want to understand the reasoning behind it. To anyone who pronounces [name]Leila[/name] as ‘leela’… why? [name]How[/name] would you say these words?

Solei
Sleigh
Sleight
Fraulein
Kaleidoscope
[name]Madeleine[/name]
Nuclei

I could go on on. Basically, in English ‘lei’, is pronounced like ‘lay’ or ‘lie’. I have yet to find a word that uses ‘lei’ as ‘lee’. So… why?

nat108 · December 3, 2012, 3:36am

Since [name]Kai[/name] makes me think of [name]Hawaii[/name] (although the name has many origins) I think [name]Leila[/name] “lay-la” makes a perfect combo because I think of a Hawaiian lei. I love [name]Lilah[/name] but it rhymes with [name]Kai[/name]

If you are going for “lee-la” spelling it [name]Leila[/name] is not a good choice. Go with [name]Leela[/name] or [name]Lela[/name]

littlemonster · December 3, 2012, 3:43am

It is all personal thinking. And i like [name]Leila[/name], it sounds really calm and special.

circus85 · December 3, 2012, 4:17am

I pronounce [name]Leila[/name] as [name]Lee[/name]-lah, [name]Lilah[/name] as Lye-lah and [name]Layla[/name] is self explanatory. You’re right - it doesn’t make sense phonetically! It may be because I’m Australian or because I went to school with a [name]Lee[/name]-lah spelt [name]Leila[/name].

raptreverie · December 3, 2012, 4:44am

I think I like the sound of [name]Lilah[/name] (lye-la) better than [name]Leila[/name] ([name]Lay[/name]-la) ever so slightly, but [name]Leila[/name] and [name]Kai[/name] are matched perfectly.

For some reason, [name]Lilah[/name] is unquestionably pronounced Lye-la to me, while [name]Lila[/name] is more ambiguous - it could be Lye-la or [name]Lil[/name]-a, or [name]Lee[/name]-la. But that’s just me!