I suspect that the name "Isla" may well have become popular in Scotland after a few famous people popped up with that name, and I think those people were probably named after the River Isla, a tributary of the Tay that runs through Angus and Perthshire in eastern Scotland. Scots intending it to refer to the island would probably tend to leave the "y" on the end. On Islay itself, the name Islay tended to be a boy's name rather than a girl's, but my daughter still chose the name - with a "y" - for one of her girls. On her first visit to the island she was to be heard proudly telling everyone, friend, relative or stranger, that she was on Islay and she was called Islay. It made it easy to buy her apparently personalised T-shirts, available in just about every gift shop on the island. -----Original Message----- From: Toni via Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 6:26 PM To: Jim BAIRD ; sct-islay@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] SCT-ISLAY Well, Jim, I'm just delighted by the fact that many generations away from our beloved Islay, our children still want to honour their heritage by naming their children after their ancestors' homeland. My daughter-in-law found out that "Isla" is in the top 10 names for girls in Scotland, although not so common here. I still can't wipe the smile off my face :-) Toni ________________________________________ From: sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com <sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com> on behalf of Jim BAIRD via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> Sent: November 27, 2015 8:23 AM To: Islay List Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] SCT-ISLAY Congratulations Toni,If you Canadians keep producing at this rate there will soon be more Ileachs in Ontario than on Islay!All the bestJim ------------------------------- Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hello from New Zealand, My mother's name was Islay Amy Eliza Campbell before she married, born in 1914. Her grandparents came out to New Zealand from Islay in 1866. They were Eliza McLeod ( McQuaig ) and Duncan Campbell along with Eliza's mother Elizabeth (Betsy ) McLeod ( McQuaig) Mum always said that she spent her whole life teaching people how to pronounce Islay correctly. We were also told when visiting Islay that Islay is the male spelling of the name. We have a granddaughter aged 7yrs old who lives in Edinburgh called Grace Islay. I would have loved to have been called it also. Margaret Noble. -----Original Message----- From: John Kemplen via Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 9:16 AM To: Toni ; Jim BAIRD ; sct-islay@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] SCT-ISLAY I suspect that the name "Isla" may well have become popular in Scotland after a few famous people popped up with that name, and I think those people were probably named after the River Isla, a tributary of the Tay that runs through Angus and Perthshire in eastern Scotland. Scots intending it to refer to the island would probably tend to leave the "y" on the end. On Islay itself, the name Islay tended to be a boy's name rather than a girl's, but my daughter still chose the name - with a "y" - for one of her girls. On her first visit to the island she was to be heard proudly telling everyone, friend, relative or stranger, that she was on Islay and she was called Islay. It made it easy to buy her apparently personalised T-shirts, available in just about every gift shop on the island. -----Original Message----- From: Toni via Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 6:26 PM To: Jim BAIRD ; sct-islay@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] SCT-ISLAY Well, Jim, I'm just delighted by the fact that many generations away from our beloved Islay, our children still want to honour their heritage by naming their children after their ancestors' homeland. My daughter-in-law found out that "Isla" is in the top 10 names for girls in Scotland, although not so common here. I still can't wipe the smile off my face :-) Toni ________________________________________ From: sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com <sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com> on behalf of Jim BAIRD via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> Sent: November 27, 2015 8:23 AM To: Islay List Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] SCT-ISLAY Congratulations Toni,If you Canadians keep producing at this rate there will soon be more Ileachs in Ontario than on Islay!All the bestJim ------------------------------- Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message