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I don’t really like it much either.

I rather like it.

It kind of has a pretty sound. But like a lot of names that were pretty much exclusively used by black people, it was only fashionable for a very short time and then sank like a stone, and so seem much more dated than other more or less faddish names.

The 'La-' throws me off because it's like saying "The Toya", just plain weird. Toya I'm fine with tho, it's my mother's legal name (birth name Eustolia); it's unassuming and rolls off the tongue easily.

It sounds immature and overly playful, which is to be expected, as it has the "toy" syllable in the middle.

I like it. I think adding la makes Toya even better. And it's rude to call names trashy fyi.

I like it tbh, it sounds fun and youthful. I dislike Toya tho.

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It's kind of boring tho, like it's one of those names that blends in... similar to the name it's derived from, Victoria. That's not necessarily a bad thing tho.

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Also... calling a name "trashy" comes across as kinda classist. I'm not meaning to insinuate that that's what you meant, it's just a word that tends to be used in that way.

I don't care for it, but you can't deny it has flair.

I dislike it. It only makes me think of a single person, Latoya Jackson, and I never like it when a name has one major association. The "toy" part always bothered me too and it was overused in the 80s and feels dated. I just dislike the sound very much overall.