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do you know an Isla?

We are naming our baby Isla if it is a girl, but I feel like I'm hearing it everywhere all of a sudden.

Do you know any Isla's IRL?
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  • When we were expecting DS (we didn't know the sex) we were going to name him Isla if he was a girl.  I was starting to have hesitations because I was hearing it everywhere...but now, I don't.   It's still the top runner if we have another & it's a girl.    I think it's not a common name, but not so uncommon people side eye it. 
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  • I have never met an Isla. That being said, I don't meet a ton of babies these days...but last year when I worked in a daycare setting there were no Islas either.

     

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  • I have one FB acquaintance with a 3 YO DD with the name.

     

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  • I have never met an Isla.
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  • It was my great grandmother's name and I also have a 16yo cousin with this name. I love it and wanted to use it if we were having a girl!
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  • My great great aunt's name was Isla.  I have never met another one but think it is a very pretty name.
  • Just one, and she's about nine or ten.  She's cute but a huge handful, so the name says 'energetic' to me.
  • Nope, but I do know it's the top contender on a pregnant friend's list. Love your siggy pic!
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  • My neighbors daughter is Isla.  She's two.

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  • I know one.  But the best way to get an idea of the name's popularity is the SSA list.
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  • I only knew one. Same age as DD. It's a really pretty name though.

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  • I love the name, have never heard it irl only on the actress.

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  • DDs name is Isla. We haven't met another one yet, but I have met a ton of Lila's, which obviously sounds similar.
  • Never met one. Not a fan of the name though, and I instinctively want to pronounce it ees-lah. 
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    Yes I know a 2 yr old with the name, her mom mentioned it gets mispronounced as Ees la frequently.

    I love the name Isla, but I also think it would be frequently mispronounced.  I first heard of it with the actress Isla Fischer.

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  • I don't actually know any IRL but I also don't think of it as an uncommon name. I love the name and brought it up for DD but DH vetoed it, even though he liked it, because he thought people wouldn't say it right.




  • One of DS1's classmates has a 3yo little sister named Isla.
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  • I work in a NICU and have seen quite a few baby girls named Isla recently. 
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  • Two pregnant friends are using it. It's a pretty name!
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  • I know one Isla IRL.

    I love the name.

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  • Yes, my cousin's little girl is named Isla and she'll be 3 this summer.
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  • I know three. One in her 60s, one in her 20s, and a baby.
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  • Nope. It's a beautiful name.
  • I don't know any.
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  • thanks everyone for your feedback!

    I think it probably will be mispronounced often when it's read, but hopefully not every time. I just keep hearing mention of it lately it seems but I don't personally know any IRL myself.

    also, thanks for the siggy compliments :)
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  • I also love your siggy!

    As for Isla, my friend named her first daughter that.  It's very pretty, but there are definitely people who still don't know how to pronounce it.  There isn't really another way to spell it either.  I suppose Eila would be more phonetic, but that just looks funny.  Which is weird, because Eileen doesn't look strange.  :)


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