What do you think of the name Isla?
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What do you think of the name Isla?
| Tue, 09-11-2007 - 11:57am |
I posted this dilemma to my due date group and it was suggested I try it here, as well. I love the name Isla (prounounced like Island without the "nd"), but everyone I show it to thinks it's pronounced Izla. I've experimented with different spellings, like Ila, Ilah, Eyla - but none of them seem as pretty to me, and all of them still seem to leave room for mispronunciation. I don't want to doom my daughter to a lifetime of correcting people! Should I just use it as is, change the spelling, or give it up completely? There is a new up and coming actress named Isla Fisher who was on the movie "Wedding Crashers". I keep hoping her successes will make the name more familiar, but I can't wait to find out. My baby is due October 18th! Help!

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I forget who started this thread, sorry! So this is to "all".
Just one thing to keep in mind with this name: remember that it sounds like "I'll ah" so depending on last name you may reconsider. I think of this because my last name is Killam (try out this combo and you'll see what I mean! It is pronounced Kill'em).
:o)
Oh, and yes, my initial inclination is to pronounced it as in Spanish.
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Thank you! We love Solomon's name too, except for the fact that he gets "Sol" a lot, and I'm really not a nicknamey person.
We came up with it for a couple of reasons. DH wanted to honour his grandfather...but his name was Simcha (the "ch" is almost like spitting...). Solomon makes my mega-Catholic grandmother happy that we picked a "Christian" name, and it makes DH's relatives happy that we picked a "Jewish" name. LOL!
I don't know if we'll ever strike such an even balance again. :o)
Oh, one more reason we chose it: Max means 'the greatest' so we felt we needed a 'big' name to go with Max. Solomon being a king and all seemed to fit the bill.
Sadly, 'peaceful' is not much of a description for our Solomon yet! LMAO!
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If you love Isla, I vote for keeping the spelling as is.
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Thanks for your thoughts!
Thanks for the positive feedback!
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