[mamarootoo]

how would you pronounce the name Lila?

TIA!

 

[Dar]

LYE-luh?

How else could it be pronounced?

Dar

 

[mollusk]

I would say Lye-la as well

 

[JessicaTX]

I would say Lee-la, I've only known one person named Lila and that's how she pronounced it =)

 

[mamarootoo]

it took me a while to get the poll right.. hehee. the other two options are there now

but the way you pronounced it is right

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[jimblejamble]

Lie-la.

 

[greenmamapagan]

Must be a cultural/accent difference. I'd say Lih-la, but I'm an Aussie. If it was Lyla I'd say lie-la

 

[emmaegbert]

I think of it as being "lie-luh" but I do know one woman IRL who spells it Lila but pronounces it "lay-luh". (I might normally expect that to be spelled "Leila"). She is Palestinian-American though and explained that this is closest to the Arabic pronunciation which she characterized as actually being sort of in between the two. I don't speak Arabic, just have her word to go on!

 

[Dar]

In Arabic it would be ليلى , and I've always heard it pronounced Layluh by Arabic speakers...but so much is different with different Arabic accents, maybe in Palestinian Arabic it's slightly different.

I love the name ليلى though...

Dar

 

[askew]

This name must be getting more popular. This is the 2nd poll asking how to pronounce it in a month.

I would pronounce if Lie-la. I believe this is the traditional spelling for Lie-la.

 

[mamarootoo]

thanks so much everybody

we say LIE-la, and i'm glad to see that the majority of people who responded would say the same thing!

 

[kcparker]

If you were German, you would say Lee-la. It means purple.

 

[Ianthe]

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Originally Posted by greenmamapagan Must be a cultural/accent difference. I'd say Lih-la, but I'm an Aussie. If it was Lyla I'd say lie-la

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