robinb
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Like the Scottish island Islay? Our favorite scotch comes from there .Our daughter is due in October, and we are naming her Isla (pronounced Eye-la).
Like the Scottish island Islay? Our favorite scotch comes from there .Our daughter is due in October, and we are naming her Isla (pronounced Eye-la).
Our daughter is due in October, and we are naming her Isla (pronounced Eye-la). I am hoping the pronunciation won't throw people off too much, but I imagine it'll cause a few problems, lol. I've loved the name for awhile, though, and we waited a super long time for another baby (our son is 15), so we're going with it.
We did consider a few other names - Amelia, Charlotte, Hadley, Lila, Payton, & Caroline. We haven't decided on a middle name yet, but Caroline *might* be our first choice there.
DS is named Tyler, and he was always known by his last name initial in elementary school. There always seemed to be another Tyler in his class. Hopefully our little Isla won't have the same problem.
DD10 has a friend named Amelia, but pronounced Ah-muh-lee-uh. I think it's awesome, tried to put it on the list but DH vetoed it.
People who know someone will not have difficulty saying their name. Spelling is another story. I still have friends and family that spell my name wrong on cards, table place settings, etc.
The problem is that, going through life, there will be thousands of times she has to spell her name to someone else. I can see an "Isla", pronounced, "I-la" getting a lot of grief. "Are you sure there is an s in your name? It's not Ila?" etc, etc, etc.
I have an unusual name, spelled unusually. It is problematic in that I always have to spell and then respell my name for people. Then it still comes back spelled wrong! I just signed up for electric service and cable. Spelled my name clearly both times, bills come, it's spelled incorrectly both times!
Maybe this won't bother some people, but I honestly wish that I had a common name. It has got to be easier!
My sister had a friend in school that was named Michaela (pronounced Mick-a-la)
Have you ever seen the Nicolas Cage skit on SNL where they are picking a baby name...hilarious!
Michaela is meant to be pronounced Mick-ay-la, like McKayla or it's many variants usually is.
I don't know how one gets Ah-muh-lee-uh out of Amelia though. There is a name Amalia that would be something like that. Ah-mah-lee-uh.
My daughter is Amelia and we still haven't settled on Ah-mee-lee-a versus Ah-mee-lya.
Our daughter is due in October, and we are naming her Isla (pronounced Eye-la). I am hoping the pronunciation won't throw people off too much, but I imagine it'll cause a few problems, lol. I've loved the name for awhile, though, and we waited a super long time for another baby (our son is 15), so we're going with it.
We did consider a few other names - Amelia, Charlotte, Hadley, Lila, Payton, & Caroline. We haven't decided on a middle name yet, but Caroline *might* be our first choice there.
DS is named Tyler, and he was always known by his last name initial in elementary school. There always seemed to be another Tyler in his class. Hopefully our little Isla won't have the same problem.
My 16 y/o grand daughter's best friend's name is Sinclair. It's different but fits her.
People who know someone will not have difficulty saying their name. Spelling is another story. I still have friends and family that spell my name wrong on cards, table place settings, etc.
The problem is that, going through life, there will be thousands of times she has to spell her name to someone else. I can see an "Isla", pronounced, "I-la" getting a lot of grief. "Are you sure there is an s in your name? It's not Ila?" etc, etc, etc.
I have an unusual name, spelled unusually. It is problematic in that I always have to spell and then respell my name for people. Then it still comes back spelled wrong! I just signed up for electric service and cable. Spelled my name clearly both times, bills come, it's spelled incorrectly both times!
Maybe this won't bother some people, but I honestly wish that I had a common name. It has got to be easier!