Another one to toss around...

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

OK, My baby naming guru goddesses,

I come to you, yet again, with another name in hand. This time my husband proposed it... and for the first time, I don't absolutely hate his suggestion (har).

Let me get your feedback on Isla.

As in:

middlename suggestions
trends, popularity, growth
and all around general opinions

Thanks!!!

Comments

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I like it pronounced EYE-lah, but not pronounced EES-lah.
I believe there are a few people in this community who absolutely adore it, but overall I don't believe it's popular or trendy.
Suggestions:
Isla Mae
Isla Elyse
Isla Sophie
Isla Joanne
Isla Roseanne
Isla Felice (Fay-LEES)
Isla Romée (Ro-MAY)
Isla Danique (Dah-neek)
=)

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

I am pretty new to this name, so I'm wondering is there a technically right or wrong way to prn it? We would say Eye-Lah...but I imagine we'll be correcting everyone else that will say "EES-LAH". which is the "official" pronunciation, if any?

when I see it, I think Island w/o the D. Eye-lah.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Yeah me too, and I think most people will =) Babynamesworld.com says it's Eye-lah, too!

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I think it sounds like a much trendier and cutesy version of Isabel. I dislike Isabel due to popularity (although I like the name, otherwise), but Isla seems even more trendy to me, and it's a name that I would have a hard time picturing on an adult, I think. It might be less popular than Isabel, but I've heard it (and similar names) quite a bit from people lately and it seems like one that might spike pretty soon.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like isla jane.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

i do too!!

i've decided that Jane is just about the perfect middle name. it nearly goes with EVERYTHING.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I think of island, and it just doesn't work for me at all.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Isla. It's so pretty =)
I see a lot of ppl online saying it's getting popular, but i've yet to meet anyone with the name.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

my daughter's name is Isabel. of course, 9 years ago the only one we ever knew of was in our family. i never anticipated it getting as popular as it is now or i would've given it second thoughts.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

the only one i've ever heard of is the girl married to "borat". of course, i'm not heavy in the infant, toddler circuit...so the fact that i haven't met any YET doesn't mean much to me.

it's like my replacement name for Lily.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Wait, your daughter's name is Isabel? Then I'd definitely stay away from Isla. They're way too similar, I think. Unless you want the matching names, of course.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

What are your thoughts on Lila?
It sounds almost the same as Isla. I can never decide which one i like more lol.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

haha, cute icon.

maybe you're right. i had considered that and didn't think it was too matchy...but perhaps it is.

at 31 weeks, i'm just about brainless, forgive me.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

i like Isla better. it's more, oh-i dunno, exotic, i guess.

here, where i live: Lila would be the girl w/ blue eye shadow and feather, wing backed hair, wearing cooter cutters. it's all geographical, i'm sure. i am in the deep and dirty southern US. most of the girls look like that anyway. :)

i kid.

i kid.


(sorta)

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

haha =P
Yea i agree with Isla sounding more exotic, but i just love how Lila sounds, though my cousin always tells me "it sounds like the name of an old women" which i don't agree with lol.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

hmm. it doesn't make me think of an old woman...but more like a young, hot to trot, type. probably b/c of it's kinship to Delilah.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

That's my favourite combination for Isla (one of my top names).

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

That is one of my absolutely favourite names.
I love it paired with Jean or Jane, because it just sounds so simple and elegant.

I think you should go with this name. :)

I got it from Isla Fisher, if you wanted to know, who isn't like a Britney or something, so she wouldn't be the first thing you thought of.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

i'm thinking about it. i have to sit on names a few days (like a hen on an egg) and toss it around in my head in different scenarios, etc.

i'm a real tard that way.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

No! It's your baby's name, you have to be sure of it!
I am glad you're not one of those kinds of people who go, "Wow. Jaydenne, what a pritty naym! Let's name my baby that."

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

me too!

so, this should be a new post, but what do you think of the name Palmer for a girl??

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I'm all for surnames as first names (I have a few favourites myself) but with your first daughter named Isabel, I don't think you should name the baby (if it's a girl) such a unisex name, you know? Don't get me wrong, I don't think names should be match-y match, like Andrew and Andrea, but there should be a kind of subtle theme.

But on its own, I think it's kind of cute.

[searlait.livejournal.com]

I like Isla. I worry about pronunciation problems, but the name is very nice.

[x-cherrydarling.livejournal.com]

I love Isla. It's high on my favorites list. :]

I like:

Isla Cecile
Isla Claire
Isla Faith
Isla Frances
Isla Gabrielle
Isla Grace
Isla Josephine
Isla Mae
Isla Marie [that's what I have it paired with on my list]
Isla Michelle
Isla Peyton
Isla Renee
Isla Ruby
Isla Shea
Isla Simone

[http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/]

It's pretty. But I prefer Ilsa.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

after tossing the idea around most of the day, i can only imagine that it will lead to nasty sex jokes in highschool or something equally stupid.

i've 86d the Palmer idea now. :)

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

i am not a fan of Lisa at all. it's so bland to me.

i dunno. i don't want to be crazy/unique but i'd like to at least be a little different. heh. lisa seems, just, generic somehow.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

of those, I like Isla Mae the best probably.

Isla Renee is pretty, too

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

if i were to set on Isla, I'd just go on w/ Elsa.


hmmm, not my tastes, but not bad.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

wait. your name is Lisa or Isla?

sorry if i offended you. i have a pretty bland name too, so there. :)

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

yeah. i can only imagine correcting everyone we meet. grrrr.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/]

I like Elsa a lot too.

[regretfulsmile.livejournal.com]

Isla Rae.

I like it, even though at first I thought it was pronounced IS-luh.

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

It's really pretty. I like Isla Jade, and Isla Emily. =)

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

"Official" depends on whether you want to see it as Gaelic or Latinate. Isla (Latinate variety, like Spanish) is EES-la, Gaelic/Scottish is EYE-la. Both are completely legitimate, mean the same thing, spelled exactly the same, just pronounced totally differently!

In the UK, at least, EYE-la would be the standard "assumed" pronunciation, but I imagine in many more heavily Hispanic areas of the States, people would assume EES-la.