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It looks cool, but it sounds too feminine since it's the same as Isla (yeah, ditto Lethe). I do think Isla is cute though.

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I've heard of Isley as a name (IES-lee), which at least looks close to Islay. I saw it on a girl, but since it's a surname it of course would work for a boy.

It's interesting...might sound better pronounced EYE-lee?

Ditto to the pronunciation that Lethe gave. I don't care for Isla (it's really common in Scotland at the moment, 16th on the popularity charts for 2007, 232 girls named this), but think Islay (pronounced the way you say it, EYE-lay, is beautiful to look at and say... although for a girl, not a boy. 4 girls were named Islay in Scotland last year, but no boys.

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I just wish I could find a spelling where it was obvious that it was supposed to be pronounced EYE-lay. Any way I try it other than Islay just looks ugly or incomplete, so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!

This message was edited 11/13/2008, 1:35 AM

it's IY-la (sorry)

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Also it doesn't really matter but technically I put IY rather than EYE because if a Scot pronounced it, the 1st syllable doesn't sound the same as the word eye it's a much shorter sound, which I've heard only exists in Scots lol, so I would say however you pronounce the i in Bite.

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I do like it on a girl but I'm not sure about a boy. Even though it's male, I've only known girls called Isla and since the pronunciation is the same and ends in a it's hard for me to put it on a boy. I think they would have problems (here anyway).

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sorry if I ruined it :(

This message was edited 11/12/2008, 11:38 PM