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I don't think it's that hard to pronounce at all, especially once the "like island" point is brought up. Some people certainly may pause or have to ask how to say it first, but after telling them, I don't really see an issue with it. I don't prefer the other spellings either because 1) island isn't a weird word and hence Isla can't be that difficult, 2) Isla's the original spelling and I tend to like the original or an established variant (of which I don't think there is one because it's NOT A HARD NAME TO FIGURE OUT), and 3) I personally find the alternate spellings trickier to figure out how to say. If you say Isla, like island, I'm set. If I look at Aila or Ayla or Aisla, etc. I think it's A-luh (as in ay not aye) or, for the last, Ayzla.

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