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Ayla is beautiful! I pronounce it as AY-la : )

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In Turkey this name is for sure pronounced Eye-la and NOT Ay-la.......I know turkish siblings named Aylin (they pr it Eye-leen there) and Ayla, Aylin is the older one.

I pronounce it as AY-la. It's a very pretty name.

This message was edited 3/11/2006, 3:19 PM

I am seeing this pop up here on the board quite a bit lately. It's like people are 'discovering' it now because of the recent contestant (Ayla Brown) on "American Idol". I pronounce it AY-lah, and the strongest association I have with it is "Clan of the Cave Bear" which is too strong of one for me to ever use it. That and it just LOOKS trendy and made-up, even though it's not. :(

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~Heather~

I pronounce Ayla as "EYE-lah". I think it is a beautiful name. It is both Hebrew and Turkisk. It could also be a phonetic spelling of Isla.

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"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
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"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

I like it ok, but it's very Clan of the Cave Bear to me.

I think the name Ayla has a very pretty and unique sound to it. With names like Ella, Ava, and Kayla being so popular Ayla is refreshing and different in a good way. I think it has a very nice flow to it and I pronounce it a-luh, like Kayla without the K. I think a lot of combos would work depending on the last name.

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Ayla Nicole
Ayla Christine
Ayla Corrine
Ayla Camille
Ayla Noelle
Ayla Danielle
Ayla Sophia
Ayla Louise
Ayla Rose
Ayla Jean
Ayla Brielle
Ayla Josephine
Ayla Marie
Ayla Elizabeth
Ayla Claire
Ayla Juliet
Ayla Lauren

Ayla - (A-la) Isn't this one of the contestants that was voted off of American Idol on Thursday?

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"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her."

OK, though nms, but I still can't help but giggle every time I see that name because it reminds me of a character in "Clan of the Cave Bear" which I have never read, but I've been told that the main character (called Ayla) is the most unrealistic character in literature because she's ridicilously perfect and sickenly romantisized Barbie-doll who gets everything she ever wants and masters everything she does. So, that's why it just won't grow on me, but that's just me.

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I would rpnounce this name EYE-la, though I'm not sure what the correct way is.

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