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Conference oass::babynames

Title:A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
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Moderator:OASS::BURDEN_D
Created:Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:996
Total number of notes:7139

296.0. "Cailah" by LEDS::DEROO () Tue Sep 06 1988 23:03

    How would you pronounce Cailah?  We are considering naming our child
    this, but are afraid that the name would get as mangled as our last
    name.
    
    John DeRoo
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296.1KAY-LA ?BONOVX::BARRYThu Sep 08 1988 16:139
    Don't worry about it...
    
    To me the pronunciation looks like it would be KAY-LA.  Is this
    correct???
    
    I think it's a really nice name and have heard of it before.  I
    don't think you'll have too much trouble with it.
    
    Lesa
296.2CailahEDUHCI::WARRENMon Sep 12 1988 14:5312
    I would pronounce it KAY-la also.      
                                           
    My daughter's name is Caileigh (KAY-lee) and sometimes people pronounce
    it Kayla and sometimes (more often), people pronounce it Cally (short
    a).  I don't really understand it: "ai" is definitely a long "a" sound,
    and the same people wouldn't think to pronounce Caitlin as Catlin.
    I don't think you'd have that problem, though, if only because Calla
    doesn't sound right.
    
    -Tracy
          
                                           
296.3REGENT::GALLANTThe Wild HeartMon Sep 12 1988 17:5513
    
    
    	That's a third vote for KAY-la. 
    
    	It's a very pretty name and I'm the type who likes different
    	names and different spellings.
    
    	One thing that amazes me is that the names I picked out when
    	I was 14-15 (No! I didn't have children then/or now!) were
    	mostly from romance novels and they're very popular.  Hopefully
    	by the time I have children, they'll be less common again.
    	
    Kim
296.4ThanksLEDS::DEROOTue Sep 13 1988 18:537
    KAY-la is how we would pronounce it.  We have pretty much decided
    that if the baby is a girl, we'll name her Cailah, but since the
    due date is in March, there is lots-o-time for my wife to change
    her mind 8-).
    
    Thank you for your replies.
    John DeRoo
296.5Kay-la it is !FILM::MASSICOTTEFri Sep 23 1988 16:476
    
    	It is pronounced Kay-la.  At least that is how my fiance's sister
    pronounces her daughter, Cailah Mitchell.  It's a pretty name for
    a girl.
    
    Jeanne
296.6How about Carla?PARITY::LANGRThu Jan 12 1989 23:095
    
    I like the name Cailah, the only problem with it is, as you have
    pointed out, the pronounciation.  I thought if you liked this
    name, another possibility is Carla; a pretty & similar name which
    is easier to pronounce.
296.7Looks like an Irish NameREVEAL::LEEWook... Like 'Book' with a 'W'Tue Oct 24 1989 18:125
I suppose it would be pronounced KAW-la in Irish Gaelic, similar to the way
Caitlin is pronounced kawt-LEEN.  This, of course is speculation on the part of
someone with very spotty knowledge of Gaelige.

Wook
296.8Just a NoteWR2FOR::VOGELSANG_JUThu Nov 23 1989 12:0810
    I also like Cailah and the spelling is different.  I like the
    name Kayla (from that soap opera, Days of our Lives I think) and
    what I was  planning on doing was maybe using the name Michaela (mick-ay-la)
    and then use the nickname Kayla.  Michaela could also be pronounced
    Mick-ky-el-ah, phonetically.  
    
    Just thought I'd add a little something.
    
    -Julie Anneliese