Even though
Ayla of
Earth's Children (the series' name) is the
Queen of Published
Mary Sues, I still like the name. I do think it sounds trendy, but it's not popular yet, so it's alright to me. And trendy
-la names at least have the benefit of sounding far less cutesy to me than trendy
-lee/
-leigh/
-ley/etc. or
-lyn/
-lynn/etc. names.
But, just to avoid the taint of Sueage, I'd specifically take
Ayla from the Jewish or Turkish origins for my daughter.
Miranda
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.