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My stepfather's grandmother was Lela, pronounced Lee-la. My grandmother had a friend named Leila, pronounced Layla. A patient at the optometrist's office where I used to work was Leila, but she pronounced it Lee-EYE-La. She was maybe seventy and I believe she was originally from Texas. I actually think Lee-Eye-La is rather pretty, but again, hard to spell so people would know how to pronounce it.

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