Comments for the name Xylia

Really unusual, but at least it isn't trendy ... yet.

I just adore this name! Xylia, very extreme sounding, and looking. Fabulous spelling, creative, unusual - love it!

Wow, a modern name that's actually NICE! This is really pretty.

I have a feeling this name is going to really grow on me. :)

Sorry to rain on everyone's parade, but I in fact utterly despise this name. Its good qualities are nil.

Hate to rain on YOUR parade M. Anonymous, but I love it. I like greek names, and names that sound like they could be greek. I like the meaning, and I appreciate the unusual spelling.

Very cute name! I'm not sure it would be the best to grow up with though. I can see Xylia working till your twenties, but can you really see an adult named Xylia? Its something I would think twice about before using it.

Sounds too much like xylophone; the poor girl might get teased about it.

Harsh sound. Sounds like a brand name. Absolutely terrible.

The xy beginning makes it look completely made up, like someone was putting cool letters together to get a unique name.

Uhhh. Apparently, Xylia is 'a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family'. -shrug- Not sure if that helps.

I love Greek names and names that start with X, but don't you think the 'ia' part is a bit too busy? I'm not exactly sure how to pronounce it. Someone care to enlighten me?

I heard it pronounced like "ZEE-lee-ah" before.

I really don't like the "lia" part.

This name has a really neat sound to it. I love Greek names, and X is one of my favorite letters for names, since it's so rare to find a legit X name. I also some of the other variations on the name, Xylona and Xylina.

I noticed that somebody has this name pronounced as "ZEE-lee-ah" - I would have thought that with the "Xy" beginning, I would think it more likely to be pronounced "ZAHY-lee-ə"

Either way, this is a name that is sure to cause a lot of confusion.

I bet if people discovered this name, or if a celebrity used it on their kid, people would go crazy over this name instead of the terrible trendy names.

Beautiful, but I agree with the above comment that it sounds like a brand name.

It would be pronounced KSILL-ee-ah in Greek (modern).

Sounds too synthetic. Maybe good for an alien queen in a cheesy science fiction movie.

I really love Xylia, it is so unique and gorgeous - I pronounce it ZY-lee-ah, 'Zy' like 'My'. However, whenever I post it on polls, most people usually don't like it... I think it's really cool that it comes from a Greek word, and that it starts on an X. Xylia is so creative and I love it. I also like the variations Xylienna (zy-lee-ENN-uh) and Xyliana.