how do you pronounce Leila?

SoonToBeMrsTB · January 2009

is it just like Layla? or is it Lee-lah?

*Scuzzlebutt* · January 2009

Layla.

sherron and troy · January 2009

I'm not going to be of any help, I think it could go either way.

newportbride715 · January 2009

Just like Layla. Layla is a newer/modern spelling of it.

IU_baby · January 2009

I would pronounce it Layla. Like as in a flower lei (lay), not lee.

ShanLeAnn · January 2009

Layla...Lei is Lay..like the flower necklace.

kirs10nBryce · January 2009

I had a friend in elem. school whose name was spelled this way and hers was pronounced Lie-la.

EmmaRain · January 2009

*Scuzzlebutt*:
Layla.

Ditto. I know two people with that name and both are pronounced "Lay-la."

RockCandy · January 2009

Layla

userdeleted · January 2009

Layla

kjlrs · January 2009

hm, my first instinct was lay-lah but then i thought lee-lah for sure. how is lee-lah spelled then?

Amarie13 · January 2009

I would say Lay-la.

marbear81 · January 2009

I would say Lay-la..

I had a little girl in my day care named Leyla (pronounced Lay-la)

shoshigana@yahoo.com · January 2009

My sister is named Leila. It's "Layla" like the Eric Clapton song. (Or as a PP mentioned "lei" like the Hawaiian flower necklace!)

I've heard of people pronouncing it "Lee-lah" but that's probably regional. (Kind of like "Ian" being pronounced "Ee-an" here in the US but "eye-an" in parts of the UK.)

The name Leila is from Hebrew, and the "ay" sound is most commonly transliterated as "ei." An "ee" sound is either written as an "i" or "ee." ("Hila," another Hebrew name, is pronounced "hee-lah" rather than "hill-uh.")

thatgirlang · January 2009

Layla.

emsrdh03 · January 2009

I think it could go either way. The only "Leila" I knew was girl in high school and she pronounced it Lee-Lah

MrsDuncan · January 2009

ditto Layla. Is "Lee-lah" even a name?

Sarah Thompson · January 2009

I say Layla as well

MidwestTexan · January 2009

lay-luh

smismar · January 2009

I've known people that say it both ways. I think Lee-la first, though.

jenerally · January 2009

Lee lah

AJplusKev · January 2009

IU_baby:
I would pronounce it Layla.? Like as in a flower lei (lay), not lee.

Ditto.?

Nakale · January 2009

Layla

JLW10 · January 2009

I say Layla

MrsJJC · January 2009

Lei (lay) like in Hawaii, -la. ?

LoriFalce · January 2009

Lay-lah.

sara1817 · January 2009

Lay la

Temp984666312503071 · January 2009

Lay-la.

My dog's name is Leila .

J+R · January 2009

Layla

moobug · January 2009

kjlrs:
hm, my first instinct was lay-lah but then i thought lee-lah for sure. how is lee-lah spelled then?

lila

apmom · January 2009

That is my grandma's name. She pronounces it Lee-Lah.

wheelenl · January 2009

I would say Layla. But if you think it's on the fence, why not go with a more phonetic spelling? Sorry, a pet peeve of mine.

The only Leela I know growing up was spelled Lela.

Temp950106187509203 · January 2009

Definitely Layla. It's a very common transliteration of the Persian name. (Layla became common with the Eric Clapton song, but I know more people with Persian roots who transliterate it Leila.)

Beautiful, beautiful name--especially if you expect that the little girl will have dark hair/eyes (it's from the Arabic meaning darkness or night).

Sally J · January 2009

I think it's Lay-la, but a co-worker has that spelling and pronounces it Lila...so weird to me.

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