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[Opinions] Laelia
What's your thoughts on this botanical name? It's pronounced Lail - lee - ah and it's Latin pronounciation is Lie - lee - ah. I like it a lot and think it's much nicer than Layla and Lila, both of which are becoming far too common.
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It's ok. It feels a little bit too much and trying a little bit too hard, but it's not an unattractive sounding or looking name. I've never seen it used in real life and struggle a bit to picture it on a real person, how easy it would be to wear.It's nicer than Layla, as I think Layla's one of the least attractive spellings of the name - Leila is much nicer - and it's not a name that particularly appeals to me. However, it will definitely get confused with Lilia and Leila and people will definitely misspell it all the time, nobody is going to guess l-a-e from hearing the name said aloud.
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It's okay, particularly for people who really do like the flowers (which I'd never heard of).I think it would definitely be confused with Leila or Lilia. If I was looking for a Lae*ia name distinct from Lila type names, I'd rather use Laetitia, but anyway, I like Layla / Leyla more and don't mind that it's popular.

This message was edited 12/12/2021, 11:51 PM

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I would avoid it, reluctantly. I automatically hear the LIE-lee-ah version in my head, but others wouldn't. And I don't like the -ai- version.
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It's ok
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Love it!
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I like it
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Too many vowels man. It's pretty on the surface, but it sounds garbled like you have a hard candy in your mouth.I prefer Leila or Lilia.
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It's very pretty. I prefer it to Leila (etc.) and Lila.
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