How would you pronounce the girls name...

Heidisean · July 2009

Isla?

ready2go · July 2009

eye-la

butterbeansmama · July 2009

eye-la

breezee_bean · July 2009

eye-luh

wildflower865 · July 2009

IS-lah

magnoliablossom · July 2009

ready2go:
eye-la

Ditto.

eclaires · July 2009

eye-luh

Heidisean · July 2009

OK! I am happy now. Me and dh really love the name Isla Paige but I said that people would call her IS...LA and I would not like that. Survey says people know how to pronounce it. Thanks ladies.

CleoKitty · July 2009

Eees-la

Heidisean · July 2009

BTW, it is Eye-luh

jorie · July 2009

eye-la. Love the name!

BubblyToes · July 2009

Eye-la

Love, love, love it. Sounds wonderful with Giada.

agmaso · July 2009

eye-la

LOVE it! it's our #1 girl name at the moment. No middle name yet though.?

femmegem · July 2009

CleoKitty:
Eees-la

That's how I would pronounce it, too. I didn't know it was eye-la.

Heidisean · July 2009

femmegem:

CleoKitty:
Eees-la

That's how I would pronounce it, too. I didn't know it was eye-la.

Well, think of the word island. You don't say IS....land you say Eye...land, right?

agmaso · July 2009

Heidisean:
femmegem:

CleoKitty:
Eees-la
That's how I would pronounce it, too. I didn't know it was eye-la.
Well, think of the word island. You don't say IS....land you say Eye...land, right?

I think many tend to confuse it because "isla" does mean "island" in Spanish and because of the Madonna song ?

femmegem · July 2009

agmaso:
Heidisean:
femmegem:

CleoKitty:
Eees-la

That's how I would pronounce it, too. I didn't know it was eye-la.

Well, think of the word island. You don't say IS....land you say Eye...land, right?

I think many tend to confuse it because "isla" does mean "island" in Spanish and because of the Madonna song

Exactly! It's pronounced "ees-la" in Spanish. That's why I would pronounce it that way.

Of course it makes more sense to pronounce it "eye-la" in English. Duh (I'm saying "duh" to myself, BTW). This is why I wouldn't want to use the girl name Lucia, because I would want it to be pronounced "loo-CHEE-ah" as it's said in Italy, not "LOO-sha."

wildflower865 · July 2009

Sorry I got it wrong. I'll be the typical teacher calling is-la and mortifying her. Well, not anymore, I'm educated on that one.

Littlejen22 · July 2009

Like East la without the t in east

cristiana · July 2009

I know it's eye-lah only from the name polls on this site. Before that, I thought it was Ees-lah. I don't think the average person would know how it was pronounced unless they've heard of the actress. That said, they'd only have to correct them once, and they wouldn't forget how to pronounce it again.

thatgirlang · July 2009

I *know* that the girl name is pronounced Eye-la but when I see the word I still think ees-la first like island in Spanish. This is a pretty name but there will ALWAYS be problems with people pronouncing it correctly, IMO. Some know it more now because of Isla Fisher but plenty of people don't know her and will just be clueless about it.