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Re: Names invented by poets/playwrights/authors
by Chrisell
10/14/2005, 9:39 PM
in reply to a message by Miss Claire
Ayla is indeed a Hebrew name, but Auel *thought* she invented it and was rather surprised to discover that it already existed, so it kind of counts!:-)
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- Ylva   +2
10/15/2005, 6:13 AM
I see it is also a Turkish nameThough parents who are not Hebrew nor Turkish may take Ayla from Auels novels."You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
10/16/2005, 3:37 PM
If one looks at the figures on the SSA site, it's quite clear that most American parents who have named daughters Ayla were inspired by Auel's character, not the Hebrew name. Plus, the more common transliterations of that Hebrew name into the Roman alphabet in Israel itself seem to be Ela and Elah. Ayla is an Americanized spelling to avoid the possibility of people pronouncing Ela to rhyme with Sheila.

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- Mada Weird
10/15/2005, 7:58 PM
One of my father's friends has a daughter named Ayla, and her mother did indeed get the name from Auels novels. I didn't actually know it was a Hebrew name until I came to this site.PP's in Profile

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