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I love the name Ayla I think it is very pretty.. Jacinda is nms

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Ayla doesn't do much for me. I'm not sure why, maybe sounds incomplete. I don't mind Jacinda although I prefer Jacinta.

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~Mark Twain

I actually like Ayla (I pronounce it with a long A sound and not a long I sound, like Isla), but I don't like the "look" of it because it just looks like a trendy made-up name, even though it's not. :b Also, can't get past the Clan of the Cave Bear association.

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I like Jacinda, but I used to love Jacinta more. I'm a little neutral on both now, though.

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~Heather~

I really dont like Ayla, it doesnt have a nice soudn to me, it sounds like Kayla said by someone who cant say K.

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I prefer Jacinta because it seems like alot of Australian people i know (and myself) turn d's into t's so sometimes when i say Jacinda (my neighbours name) it turns into Jacinta. But they are both pretty! :D

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I love Ayla, ever since I was 8 or 9 and there was a sporty, enthusiastic girl on my soccer team with this name. I will probably name my daughter this (which will be in many, many years...)

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Jacinda, not really my style...I think it'd make a decent middle name, though.

Jacinda isn't my style but I do like Ayla. It's the name of my friend's mother; she was from Turkey and one of the nicest people I've ever met. So it has good connotations for me.

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This message was edited 11/29/2005, 6:24 PM

WDYT of the name Ayla?

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Eh. Better that Jacinda, but it's not my style.

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I've been liking it a lot lately, not sure I would use it or not though.

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Also I still have Jacinda on my mind, WDYT?

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Not at all. Sorry.

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I pronounce it as ja-SIN-da, but I've also heard it pronounced as ha-SIN-da and ya-SIN-da.

I like Jacinda pronounced with a ya- sound, but I am not sure whether that pronunciation has any historical basis. Jacinta (ha-SEEN-ta) is nice too.
I like Ayla, except that it makes me think of Clan of the Cave Bear.

This message was edited 11/29/2005, 6:21 PM

I don't like Ayla. It's a name to me, like Ella, that doesn't seem to have any substance, I guess because it's almost all vowels (does that make sense?) Jacinda is very pretty. I like it pronounced with a 'J'.

I like Jacinda, and I love Jacinta (ja-SIN-ta). Both were fairly popular in Australia in the 80s and early 90s.

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I don't mind Ayla, but I wouldn't use it or recommend using it because of the explicit, almost-pornographic nature of the "Clan of the Cave Bear" books in which the main character is named Ayla.

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:-)

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♦ Chrisell ♦

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

Ayla is a very pretty name. I don't really care for Jacinda.