Lila Pronunciation

BrownieOwl · October 5, 2021, 5:09pm

Lie-luh

UnderTheRainbow · October 5, 2021, 7:38pm

Lee-luh

snowmaiden · October 5, 2021, 9:23pm

LIE-luh

AmyVermeersch · October 5, 2021, 9:59pm

lie-luh

westem · October 6, 2021, 12:53am

Lie-luh

But I’m in the southern US

isisciara · October 6, 2021, 1:23am

LEE-luh

EllArePea · October 6, 2021, 12:13pm

Lie-luh

hellobanjo · October 6, 2021, 12:53pm

Lil-uh

autumn.leaves · October 6, 2021, 12:55pm

LY-luh

duckoatah · October 6, 2021, 12:59pm

I have concluded that most people pronounce it lie-luh, some people prefer lee-luh, and on rare occasions, it’s lil-uh! Thanks everyone!

almostactually · October 11, 2021, 1:27am

[name_f]My[/name_f] instinctual pronunciation is LY-luh (ly as in life).

Aja510 · October 13, 2021, 3:10am

Lie-luh

wintergarden · October 17, 2021, 9:56pm

LYE- la

sablonde · October 18, 2021, 12:17am

[name_m]Lye[/name_m] la
I have a [name_f]Lilah[/name_f] and added the H to try and avoid confusion:)

ceilidh_rooney · October 18, 2021, 2:19am

I have met 4 people with the name Lila; two pronounce it lee-luh and the 2 others like lie-luh, so honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised by either.

If I were trying to figure out how to pronounce the name in regards to a stranger, I would make an educated guess based on whether they were francophone or anglophone, since it’s obviously not foolproof and would depend a lot on where you lived, but all the Lee-luhs I’ve met were french-speaking, while the Lie-luhs were english-speaking.