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Lola
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Lola asked in Pregnancy & ParentingBaby Names · 8 years ago

Love the meaning, can't figure out how to pronounce it!?

Picking out baby names is fun! (sadly I'm not pregnant, but I love to be extra prepared for when it does happen.) Meanings me a lot to me, so I've picked based on what the name means.

It's spelled "Ailyna"

A bit of explanation if you so desire to read it: I intend for this to be a middle name. I had specific desires for the middle name and this fulfills all of them! It means "light" (because my grandfather called me his "sunshine", as a tribute I wanted to incorporate it in some way). It's Slavic, or Irish I've found both, in origin (my other grandfather/grandmother's heritage respectively) it is a derivative of the name Helen. (my sister's name) and is the feminine form of Allen (hubs' middle name) and it starts with an A, so it will keep with my want to have my daughter share her father's initials. If only I knew how to pronounce it! It's perfect! Would love some help, if any of you know how to say it, send it my way!

Thanks all, and Happy Friday!!

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  • 8 years ago
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    Thing is ... most other people won't know how to pronounce it either. She'll have a lifetime of people wondering how to pronounce her name. At least when they first see it.

  • 8 years ago

    SInce it's a middle name don't be too worried about other people pronouncing it right. Just make sure you and you family know how to pronounce it. I'd pronounce it A-lee-na or A-lay-na

  • 8 years ago

    I'm not of much use, sadly. But you seem to like unique names so I thought I'd tip you off to a cool Irish one. Maeve. Pronounced may-vee. Means a mythical queen.

  • Sydney
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    I would say it's either: uh-LEE-nah or EYE-lee-na

    Like Eileen, with an a on the end.

    Very pretty, and has great meanings.

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  • 8 years ago

    As an Irish person, I would pronounce it Ay-leen-ah

  • 8 years ago

    My first impression was AY-linnuh. I'm sorry I don't know the "real" pronunciation, but I'd love to know, too.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    a-lay-na

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