I recently found love for this beautiful name, I adore the sound and the meaning and find it beautiful. However I am wondering about the pronunciation, I have been saying it like See-Lah although I know it can also be Say-Lah. Any thoughts or middle name suggestions? Thank you 
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I used to say it like See-la and then heard it the other way and now I’m also unsure of what is most common. I guess my point is that I would ask how they pronounce it if I encountered someone with that name.
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Growing up in a religious environment, I heard this said a lot (not so much as a name until the last few years) and it was always say-lah. [name_f]Gorgeous[/name_f] name, I think!
I like it paired with something simple like [name_f]Grace[/name_f] or [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].
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I say it as say-lah! [name_f]My[/name_f] favorites would be [name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f].
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I love [name_f]Selah[/name_f]! I intuitively would say See-lah before I met a Say-lah. Either works for me! I tend to prefer the cadence of 2-1 syllables for first & middles, but here are a few ideas:
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_u]Blair[/name_u]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_u]Florence[/name_u]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Hope[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_u]Louise[/name_u]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_u]Reese[/name_u]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_u]Sloane[/name_u]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]
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I always said it SEE-lah, I don’t like the say-luh pronunciation. I think it’s a stunning name! Very sweet and strong
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I say ‘Say-luh’ but I’ve heard it as ‘see-luh’ and ‘seh-luh’, so I’d probably ask. I like the say-luh one best
Either way, I quite enjoy all of them!
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Rosine[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Amethyst[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
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I’ve always said say-luh. I really like it!
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Vespertine[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_f]Thessaly[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f] [name_u]Meridian[/name_u]
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selah is so calm and pretty - i think it’s just darling !! i would instinctively say sey-la, and my second guess would be seh-la (like sella). see-la wouldn’t be an intuitive pronunciation for me, though i do think it is really lovely. with that pronunciation, she might get mixed up a lot for celia, though.
middle name thoughts:
selah valentine
selah darling
selah juliette
selah mari
selah madeline
selah daisy
selah gracie
selah bay
selah violette
selah felicity
selah verity
selah harriet
selah romane
selah fay
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I’ve always pronounced it like seh-luh (like [name_f]Stella[/name_f] without the T) but I’m pretty sure it’s most often say-luh (isn’t it biblical in some way?)
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I would say say-la. Which is why I can’t quite get away with it tbh, sounds like sailor. If it wasn’t for this I’d think it soft and pretty.
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I firstly assumed this name was a spelling variant of a name I grew up knowing, [name_f]Cella[/name_f] (SEH-luh), but I love the name [name_f]Selah[/name_f] (SAY-luh) too. It’s sweet, and it’s heavily holy to me. 
Middle ideas for [name_f]Selah[/name_f] …
[name_f]Merrigan[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_u]Greer[/name_u]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Beth[/name_f]
[name_u]Swan[/name_u]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
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[name_u]Love[/name_u] it. 
But I’m biased, ha! We have a Sélah [name_f]Carys[/name_f] and pronounce it Say-luh.
Her nickname is Sé (say).
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