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It would be eye-lah in Hebrew. It's very pretty.
Ailsa is nmsaa.

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~~ Claire ~~

On another name website, they said it was pronounced either Ay-lah, just like Kayla but with no K, or Eye-lah, with the sound of the letter I. I prefer the Eye-lah, The name's pretty, but I bit confusing

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:-) Yay for Ayla!

I only like the spellings Ayla, and Aela though that's an unrelated Breton name. Ayla looks the most complete to me. I just say AY-la, like Kayla minus the "K" :-)

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♥Elinor♥

I agree with the thing about the word "ail" .. I pronounce it the same as you do, if it's Ayla. Aila looks like it could also be pronounced with a long I sound, like Aileen. The Ayla spelling looks .. well, sort of too phonetic, somehow, to me. I guess I just don't care for the name much. It's sort of the same reaction I have to Ella: it seems bland and incomplete. But it also can seem elegant; I go back and forth. Anyway the spelling Ayla looks somewhat inelegant to me. Maybe, if you are looking to spell it differently - Aela, with pronunciation taking a cue from words like aerial, aeroplane?

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- chazda

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"I don't want to look like a loser for the rest of my life!" ~ Georgia Ford, on needing a signature

Well, I'd say AY-lah for both Ayla and Aila. But for Ailsa, I would say the first part as "ail".

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♥"Mada"♥

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Deep space is my dwelling place; the stars my destination

I say AY-la. Aila's nmsaa, sorry.

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Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett

I pronounce it AY-la. It's a pretty name imo. I'm not crazy about the spelling Aila.

I say Ayla as you do. I don't care for Aila because it looks awkward and made-up. But, I don't care for Ayla, either, because I don't like how it sounds. It's as if it's missing something - maybe short for Kayla or Layla (but I don't like those names, either; they seem trendy).

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-Lissa Hannah-
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. - Allan Bloom

I would pronounce it as you do, A-lah. Another pronounciation might be AH-lah. I heard the name Ava pronounced that way the other day, as in AH-vah. (I personally pronounce it A-vah). I don't like the spelling Aila, it looks weird to me. I don't particularly like the name either, its not really my style.

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Tate

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