Are the names Leah and Leila too similar to be used for siblings?

They don’t sound similar. Both pretty names (my sister’s name is Lisa, but, I call her Leah (Lee-uh)).

I think they would be great names for twins.

No I think they both have a distinctive sound to them, also both great names.

They don’t sound similar, at all…...

Parent of three kids here. Those names are close enough sounding to me to make me nervous about calling those names all the time. Leah, Leila…dinner! I’m exhausted just thinking about it.

Seriously, though. Name your kids what you want to name them. Every jackass has an opinion (yep, that’s me). You have to live with those names (and your kids).
Just don’t name the third kid Laura.

It looks like I may be the only one to join your team. ah, @tom_g just chimed in. As the youngest child of both siblings and all grandchildren, I have been called every other female family member’s name by parents, grandparents and other elder relatives, not to mention a few teachers. For the second child’s name be that similar, particularly when they are both female, is a life sentence for having to correct others or overlook being called by an older sibling’s name. Why not just use Leah as a middle name?

I do think they’re too similar. Why not make Leah a middle name? (Not for Leila though)!

I don’t like the idea of purposely making names sound so similar. It will always be confusing and it gives the siblings too much of a “joined identity.” Why not give the name you like as a middle name?

I knew 2 sisters in school named Leanne and Deanne, it was always confusing, especially for teachers at school who had both kids in different classes.

I have 2 cousins, not sisters, named Jean and Jeannie and Jean’s mother, my aunt, was not thrilled when her sister in law kind of commandeered the name, which my aunt had picked out when she was a little girl. Her sister in law liked it and just said, what the heck, I think I’ll use it too.

I think people like to have distinct, separate names.