If Eilidh is the 'correct' spelling....

[bluejuniper]

I used to go to school with a Eileigh, which is a version I haven't seen anyone mention yet......

[rhonieleigh]

I think Islie is like 'Isla' - which is one of my favourites. It's gorgeous

My cousin is called Eilidh and for the first few years of her life, she thought her name was 'Eilidh-e-i-l-i-d-h', but absolutely loves it now she's older I think it's beautiful in the original spelling as well as 'Islie' - like island and leigh mixed together

[essjay]

If you're looking to 'Americanise' Eilidh, you'd still need to have it pronounced Ay-lee for it to be the same name, not Eye-lee, as then it wouldn't be a variant spelling of Eilidh but a different name entirely.

[jeska]

I would have to disagree. Eilidh and Ayyleigh both look like random letters thrown together to be "creative" and "unique"-and I do have common sense and I am aware English isn't the only language in the world.

When people decide to be 'creative', they don't stray *that* far from phonetic pronunciations. Eilidh, pronounced phonetically, wouldn't even sound like 'Aylee'. That would be like someone deciding to spell Emily 'Emilidh'.

I'm just saying: you're only one person. Your statement was about 'an American environment', and I think that's an over-generalization.