aiyla vs. aliza

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we're trying to think of "a" girl names -- DH is pretty set on aliza, and i guess i am too, but i also thought of aiyla (eye-lah) today.  not even sure how to spell it, maybe ayla?  aisla?  aila?  any opinions on the 2 names?

another one i love is amaya, but it doesn't really go with our last name.  thanks.

J+R

Neither of them are my style... I am kind of thinking along the "A" line to if we would have a girl (or blessed with a baby in general!) We love:

 

Autumn (Mackenzie)

Abigail (Rose or Mackenzie)

Avery

Allison (wicked BM is named this so no way...)

Amanda

 

LMS05

There are so many "a" girl names. I don't like the two you picked.?

Julia-Henry

I think I prefer the spelling Ayla, and I like it better than Aliza. But there are lots of other great "a" names. How about Alana?

vanceandlori

Eye-la = Isla

ToBeMrsT

vanceandlori:

Eye-la = Isla

 

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jessawakawaii

Aiyla looks like a typo. Aliza is ok.

JnJHud

Aliza makes me think of Alize, the alcohol.

Aiyla sounds pretty, but probably should be spelled Isla.

I like Amaya; it's really pretty and "soft."

soccerwife

i really like Aliza

EmmaRain

Is there a specific reason for the "a"?

Aiyla, Aliza, and Aisla look too made up in my opinion. I think they'd look better if they were spelled a more traditional way (Isla, Eliza, etc.).

I do like Isla, Lilah, Layla, and Eliza - just not spelled with an "a" in front.

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yeah, we'd like to use an "a" name in honor/memory of my uncle andy... i like isla & eliza too, and so many other "a" names, but unfortunately my hub keeps vetoing my ideas without suggesting any of his own  

i think that because i have a friend named liza & a client named alyza, that aliza doesn't seem made up to me (though i'm not 100% in love with it either)... and i agree on aisla.  i guess ayla is a little better.  ug!  thanks for the thoughts...

gris~gris

I think Ayla is a Turkish spelling.

Poplin2007

I don't like Aiyla and I people will have trouble with it no matter which of those spellings you might use.  They all look made up.  Aliza is nice, and there are lots of other A names.

SweetSpikette

jessawakawaii:

Aiyla looks like a typo. Aliza is ok.

ditto

Julia-Henry

Ayla means 'oak tree' in hebrew (my neighbor has a 2 year old Ayla), pronounced ayy-lah

Isla is celtic, the name of a scottish river, and is pronounced like island, but without the nd... I knew one in high school

 

Both are pretty and they are unusual. But I don't think you can spell Isla with an "A"...

newportbride715

I prefer Eliza over Aliza.

Aiyla may end up being mispronounced as AY-la. Isla is the spelling that I have seen before although the name is nms.

I like Eliza a lot. Others that are similar that I like are: Alisa, Elisa, Alina, Elina, Elise, Elsa and Ella.

ETA: just realized you only want A's...

Alisa

Alina

Anya

Anna

Anika

Alexis

Alexandra

Avery

Amery

Amelia

anna7602

I agree with the poster above who say Ayla is a Hebrew name and it is always pronounced "ay-la" not "eye-la."

Amaya is very pretty, but if it doesn't work with your last name, what about Amalia? Obviously, I'm partial to that name...

Other A names I like: Anais, Aviva, Aida (pronounced A-ee-da, not Ida), Aurora.

Sept17.05Bride

I don't like either of them.

thenewmrsrussell

It's Eliza, not Aliza.

Aliza looks too weird.

What about Layla instead of Aiyla?

Bellisimo

(eye-lah) is spelled Isla.  I wouldn't make up any other spelling for that name.  Aliza seems made up.  Shouldn't it be spelled Eliza?  So, I'm gonna have to say that I don't care for either of those names.

thaira

eye-la is so cute i would spell it one of these two ways....

 

Isla   or   Iyla

Eros

Is there a reason you need an A name?  The spelling Aliza looks off.  I like Eliza much more.  Also, I like Ayla (not Aiyla) if you are going to pronounce it Ay-la not Eye-la. 

What about Anya?  Abigail?  Aubrey?  Audrey?  Arianna?

UrbanHippieMama

I don't really like either.

franciscaz

I HATE BOTH OF THEM.  Misspelled names just drive me crazy.  It just doesn't look or feel right.  If you guys really want an A name I would look in a baby name book.

MrandMrsAndrews

Good friend from college was Ayla and pronounced it (a-la)-with an a sound, not the eye...

It is one of my favorite names for a girl! ??

KittenGator

Ayla is the easiest to pronounce.?

I personally don't care if things went with my last name or not, because our last name is incredibly long and not a verb or something like Butt.?

tct1219

aiyla looks made up and will never be pronounced correctly, people will say A-la instead of eye-la. just spell it isla but know that it won't be an uncommon name. and i don't even know how aliza is said, uh-lee-za?

austenreader85

I like Aiyla but spelled as Ayla.  Is the other one to be Al-eye-za or Al-ee-za?  Neither are really my style but I like Ayla more.

nikkitty3

It's Eliza, not Aliza! I don't like mis-spelled names either. Obviously i love Eliza, it's my fav name, i called my daughter that. But if you're goingwith an "a" name,my vote goes to Ayla.

xx Lisa?

EmmaRain

sleigh2006:

yeah, we'd like to use an "a" name in honor/memory of my uncle andy... i like isla & eliza too, and so many other "a" names, but unfortunately my hub keeps vetoing my ideas without suggesting any of his own  

I like the idea of honoring a relative, but I'm not sure that choosing a name that just starts with the same letter is really going to do that. I'm not sure that people will make the connection that you were trying to honor them.

Would you consider using Andie/Andi as part of the name? Also I thought of Andrea, Annika, Andley, Holland, & Miranda.

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my uncle's no longer alive, so he's not going to make the connection either way, but our family will, as it's a tradition to name a child after a relative.  and aliza (a-lie-za) isn't a made-up name or misspelled... it means "joyful" in hebrew. 

i do like the idea of incorporating andy in some other way (like andie), thanks.

 

cjilla

EmmaRain:

Is there a specific reason for the "a"?

Aiyla, Aliza, and Aisla look too made up in my opinion. I think they'd look better if they were spelled a more traditional way (Isla, Eliza, etc.).

I do like Isla, Lilah, Layla, and Eliza - just not spelled with an "a" in front.

I agree that Eliza looks better spelled with an "E."