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Layla - LAY-la
Laila - LYE-la
Leila - LEE-la
Leela - LEE-la
Lila - LYE-la
Lilah - LYE-la

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I'm from Canada. In my city there is a major street called Leila and it is pronounced LEE-la so that has influenced my pronunciation of it probably.

Layla - [lelə]
Laila - [lelə]
Leila - [lelə]
Leela - [lilə]
Lila - [lilə]
Lilah - [laɪlə]

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Pacific Northwest.

This message was edited 3/30/2012, 3:24 PM

Layla - LAY-luh
Laila - LYE-luh (Hebrew word for night)
Leila - LAY-luh
Leela - LEE-luh (how else would you say this?)
Lila - LYE-luh
Lilah - LYE-luh (although I much prefer Lila)

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I'm from the northwestern (home) and southeastern (school) U.S.

Layla, Laila & Leila= lay-lah
Leela= lee-lah
Lila, Lilah = lie-lah

Layla - LAY-lə
Laila - LAY-lə offhand, but I would probably ask if it's LIE-lə too
Leila - LEY-lə, like LAY-lə I guess but slightlyyy different on the a/e
Leela - LEE-lə
Lila - LIE-lə
Lilah - LIE-lə

Layla = lay-lah

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Laila = lai-lah

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Leila = ley-lah

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Leela = lee-lah

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Lila = lee-lah

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Lilah = lie-lah

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- I'm from Denmark and would probably be pronounced the same everywhere here.

This message was edited 3/30/2012, 1:36 PM

Layla - LAY-luh
Laila - LAY-luh
Leila - LEE-luh
Leela - LEE-luh
Lila - LIE-luh
Lilah - LIE-luh

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From Central Canada

Layla- LAY-lah
Laila- LAYL-ah (if that makes sense as different?)
Leila- LAY-lah
Leela- LEE-lah
Lila- LYE-lah
Lilah- LYE-lah

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I'm from NC USA

This message was edited 3/30/2012, 1:45 PM

Layla - LAY-la
Laila - LAY-la
Leila - LAY-la
Leela - LEE-la
Lila - LIE-la (long I)
Lilah - LIE-la

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I'm from the upper midwest.

Layla - LAY-luh
Laila - LAY-luh (my first instinct would be to pronounce it LYE-luh but I'd assume it was just an alternate spelling of Layla)
Leila - LAY-luh
Leela - LEE-luh
Lila - LYE-luh
Lilah - LYE-luh

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I'm from the northwest, USA.

Layla - Lay-luh
Laila - same
Leila - same
Leela - Lee-luh
Lila - lye-luh
Lilah - same

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From SC, US

And this goes for everybody I have known and heard say the names:

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Lila and Lilah: Lye-La.

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Leela or Leelah: Lee-La.

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Layla, Laila, Leila: Lay-la, just like the song.

I'm from the South-Eastern United States, or as some might call it, The Deep South. :)

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Layla= lay-lah (same for Laila & Leila)
Leela= lee-lah
Lila= lie-lah (also Lilah)

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Does that even help? They are kind of close to the spellings...

This message was edited 3/30/2012, 2:34 PM

Layla - Lay-luh
Laila - Lay-luh
Leila - Lay-luh
Leela- Lee-luh
Lila - Ly-luh
Lilah - Ly-luh

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I'm from Wisconsin in the USA.

Layla - lay-luh
Laila - lay-luh
Leila - lay-luh
Leela - lee-luh
Lila - lye-luh
Lilah - lye-luh

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I'm from Massachusetts, USA.

I pronounce the first two names LAY-luh, the middle two LEE-luh and the last two LYE-luh.

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I live in Texas but grew up in Illinois and Colorado.

Layla, Laila, Leila = "LAY-luh"

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Leela = "LEE-luh"

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Lila = "LIE-luh" or "LEE-luh"

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Lilah = "LIE-luh"

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I'm from the US midwest

This message was edited 3/30/2012, 3:31 PM

I know four Layla/Laila's and they all prn their name as Lay-luh. I have never met anyone named Leela or Lila.

This message was edited 3/30/2012, 3:48 PM

Layla - LAY-la
Laila - LAY-la
Leila - LAY-la (although I could see this being LIE-la I would assume LAY-la)
Leela - LEE-la
Lila - LIE-la
Lilah - LIE-la

Layla: lay-la
Laila: lay-la
Leila: lay-la
Leela: lee-la
Lila: lie-la
Lilah: lie-la

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I'm Australian

Layla, Leila = ley-lah
Leela, Lila = lee-lah
Laila, Lilah = lay-lah

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I'm from Croatia.

Layla: LAY-lah
Laila: LIE-lah
Leila: LAY-lah
Leela: LEE-lah
Lila: LIE-lah
Lilah: LIE-lah

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I'm from California.

"LAY-la:"
Layla
Laila
Leila

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"LEE-la:"
Leela

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"LY-la:"
Lila
Lilah

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I'm from the northeastern US.

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Layla - LAY-la
Laila - LAY-la
Leila - LAY-la
Leela - LEE-la
Lila - LEE-la or LILL-a
Lilah - LY-la

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I am from Australia :)

Layla - lay-luh
Laila - lay-luh
Leila - lee-luh
Leela - lee-luh
Lila - lie-luh
Lilah - lie-luh