Riley is the new Ashley. Masculine name on girl which in 10 years will sound totally dated and the name will become rarely used in general. Lyla is nms but it's the clear winner here.
Riley Kate sounds very trendy and "cutesy" to me, I don't think it would age well. Lyla Kate sounds much better. And if you spell it Lila instead of Lyla, even better!
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Another vote for Lyla and I second the suggestion of spelling it Lila. Riley isn't very pretty and it sounds so dated to me. Layla Kate would be cute too.
Riley Kate sounds very trendy and "cutesy" to me, I don't think it would age well. Lyla Kate sounds much better. And if you spell it Lila instead of Lyla, even better!
Riley is the new Ashley. Masculine name on girl which in 10 years will sound totally dated and the name will become rarely used in general. Lyla is nms but it's the clear winner here.
As a 1992 Ashley, I approve this message. (And agree).. Go with Lyla.
A former coworker of mine just had a girl in June and named her Riley Kate. My reaction to the name was that it's weird and trying to be too cutesy because 1. Riley is a masculine name 2. I thought it was weird that they gave a nickname as the full middle name. (Kate being the diminutive of Katherine. It would be like giving a little boy the middle name Joe rather than Joseph. Just odd to me).
That said, Lila would be WAY better, even paired with Kate.
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Well then other ppl pronounce it differently bc my LO's have a cousin & her name is MILA spelled that way & pronounced MY-LA. Of all the times we have ever gone anywhere I haven't ever heard anyone call her MEE-LA. Thanks for your input tho.
Well then other ppl pronounce it differently bc my LO's have a cousin & her name is MILA spelled that way & pronounced MY-LA. Of all the times we have ever gone anywhere I haven't ever heard anyone call her MEE-LA. Thanks for your input tho.
I mean, it's not like Mila Kunis is well known or anything.
If your cousins want to do what they've done whatever, but it would be wrong to not correct the pronunciation when it's offered as a suggestion.
Well then other ppl pronounce it differently bc my LO's have a cousin & her name is MILA spelled that way & pronounced MY-LA. Of all the times we have ever gone anywhere I haven't ever heard anyone call her MEE-LA. Thanks for your input tho.
They're pronouncing it speshul then. And by speshul I mean wrong.
Re: Lyla vs Riley
Baby Boy #1 born 1/9/17
Baby Boy #2 EDD 11/4/18
Lyla = lie-la
Lila = lil-ah
1. Riley is a masculine name
2. I thought it was weird that they gave a nickname as the full middle name. (Kate being the diminutive of Katherine. It would be like giving a little boy the middle name Joe rather than Joseph. Just odd to me).
That said, Lila would be WAY better, even paired with Kate.
me: 27 | husband: 35
IR PCOS dx Sept. 2014
married May 2015 --> started NTNP
BFP 6.28.15 - EDD 3.6.16
baby #1 born 2.19.16
TTC #2 in April 2017
BFP 12.30.17 - EDD 9.6.18
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Another vote for Lilah here. That's been on our list for some time too. Very pretty.
If your cousins want to do what they've done whatever, but it would be wrong to not correct the pronunciation when it's offered as a suggestion.
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