How would you pronounce Lila?

[Anonymous]

I could do either to be honest. I think my first hunch would be "Lie-la" but if I heard "Lee-la" I'd be able to roll with it pretty easily.

[Anonymous]

Lye lah. Long I sound.

I've never heard this name pronounced Lee-lah.

Basic English grammar here--a vowel is long when it is followed by a single consonant and then another vowel.

[Anonymous]

Depends on which language.
Layla in English,
Lee la in most other languages.

[Anonymous]

Lila = Lie-lah (although I'm Indian and know several Lila who pronounce it Leela)

Leela = Leela

Leila = Lay-lah

Liela = not a real name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lie-lah

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lila = Lie-lah (although I'm Indian and know several Lila who pronounce it Leela)

Leela = Leela

Leila = Lay-lah

Liela = not a real name.

+1. This exactly. If I saw Liela I would pronounce it Lee-ella

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could do either to be honest. I think my first hunch would be "Lie-la" but if I heard "Lee-la" I'd be able to roll with it pretty easily.

+1

[Anonymous]

Lie-la. Wouldn’t occur to me to pronounce it Lee-la and that is also a much uglier sounding name. Lie-la is pretty.

[Anonymous]

Lie (long "I" sound like "eye") + la (like "fa la la")

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lila = Lie-lah (although I'm Indian and know several Lila who pronounce it Leela)

Leela = Leela

Leila = Lay-lah

Liela = not a real name.

+1 But I guess it is just based on familiarity with those names being pronounced that way, because on Lila, change the second 'L' to and "S" and it is Lisa, pronounced with a long e sound instead of the long i sound.

[Anonymous]

Lie-la like Lila Fowler

[Anonymous]

I would say Lee-la. I guess I'd expect Lyla if that's the desired pronunciation.

[Anonymous]

Lie-la

[Anonymous]

Lee-la.

[Anonymous]

English speakers would pronounce it as Lie-la.

Persians say Lee-la.