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[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Yesterday, I was at the grocery store, and I saw that the cashier's name was Sejla (with a "v" symbol above the S).  I complimented her on her name and she said it was pronounced "Shayla".  WDYT?

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[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

It looks kind of eastern European (Czech maybe?). I like the way it looks, but I am not a fan of the name Shayla.

[ohhowlovely.livejournal.com]

I think it might be German. My good friend is German and her name is Sijla. Its prn. Zeel-ya though

[theophanusophia.livejournal.com]

It's definitely not a German name, because we don't have any "symbols" like the before mentioned "v".

[laminy.livejournal.com]

It's a name that I think is really pretty to look at, but that I hate the sound of. Like Ceilidh.

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

(or most Gaelic names... impossible to pronounce but so pretty to look at!)

[laminy.livejournal.com]

It's not that it's impossible to pronounce, it's just that Shayla and Kaylee/Kaleigh sound like the names of toddlers. They're pretty to look at, but the sound will never age well, which is why I wouldn't use them.

[being-lola-star.livejournal.com]

I actually really like the name Shayla but spelled that way because I'd feel guilty giving my child a name no one would ever spell correctly. The first I ever heard of Shayla was a girl I knew from residence in college so I don't see it not aging well. That was spelled Chayla. And Kaylee makes me think of Kaylee (short for Kaywinnit Lee) from Firefly so I see that one as a grown-up name as well even is she is a childish character.

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How do you pronounce that?

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Kaylee/Kaleigh.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce Ceilidh? I've completely given up on trying to pronounce Celtic names.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Kaylee/Kaleigh.

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

I also think it may be eastern European, I grew up with a girl named Viola, but pronounced Vee-olta