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Leia is pronounced lay-uh.

Agree with Poster 1. Leah is not the spelling you want although I prefer Leah over Leia as a name in itself.

I know the name Leia is pronounced the way you want but it is also a famous character from star wars if you don’t mind the association.

Could also maybe spell it Laya/Layah if you don’t want to use Leia

Leia, like the character. I knew a lee-uh with this spelling, however, her name was always mispronounced Lay-uh.

My daughter is Leila pronounced lay-luh so I would assume Leia would be pronounced lay-uh if that’s what you were looking for.

My name is Lea. I pronounce it as Lay-uh but most people say Lee-uh. If you want her name to be pronounced Lay-uh go with the the spelling Leia. Most likely people won’t confuse the pronunciation.

Honestly I think Layah would be fab if you want her to end up a girly or edgy person

Leah can be pronounced either - in Hebrew it is Lay-uh in English Lee-ah, so both are correct and I do know people named Leah who pronounce it both ways however it will be easier for her if you spell it Leia as there will be a lot less of having to correct people. GL!

Leia

yeah the only options I can see are Leia, Leya, Laya, and Layah

As far as I know, Leah is lee-uh and Leia/Lea are lay-uh. Léa, the French form of Leah, is also lay-uh because the accent aigu above an E makes the "ay" sound.

LEAH
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
OTHER SCRIPTS: לֵאָה (Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: LEE-ə (English)
Meaning & History
From the Hebrew name לֵאָה (Le’ah) which was probably derived from the Hebrew word לְאָה (le’ah) meaning "weary". Alternatively it might derive from a Chaldean name meaning "mistress" or "ruler" in Akkadian. In the Old Testament, Leah is the first wife of Jacob and the mother of seven of his children. Although this name was used by Jews in the Middle Ages, it was not typical as an English Christian name until after the Protestant Reformation, being common among the Puritans.

LEA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian
PRONOUNCED: LE-ah (German, Finnish)
Meaning & History
Form of LEAH

LEIA (2)
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Popular Culture
PRONOUNCED: LAY-a
Meaning & History
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a princess in the ’Star Wars’ movies by George Lucas. Lucas possibly based it on the name LEAH.

LEIA (1)
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Biblical Greek
OTHER SCRIPTS: Λεια (Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Form of LEAH used in the Greek Old Testament.

My daughters name is Leah, pronounced Laya.... I love it.

Hopping on many years later to say, my daughter is 11. She is a Leah pronounced LAY-ah. There has never been any issue once corrected. But yes most people will read the name Leah and assume it is LEE-ah. Wondering if you went with it all these years later or will ever even see this.

My friend's name is pronounced like (Lay-uh) and it is spelled like (Leah) and everyone thinks her name is pronounced like (Lee-uh)