I always thought that
Aaliyah was pronounced as Ah-LEE-yah? I would pronounce
Alia as Ah-LEE-ah, but these pronounciations are very similar.
I think it is a beautiful name but the spelling looks complicated to me. But I guess not to Americans, b/c you have several names with similar spellings (
Aaron,
Isaac,
Elijah).
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (
Edith Södergran 1891-1923)