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I pronounce Lila LEE-la, but I get what you mean - practically everyone says LY-la. I think if there was an H on the end, I would say LY-la. I prefer Lyla or Layla to Leela/Lila, but they are all very nice names.
I agree, Lila looks WAY nicer than Leela.
If someone said to me that their name was LEE-la, I would spell it Leela, not Lila. But is someone said LY-la, I would spell it Lyla. This is a tricky situation...

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As for Elaine, I say eh-LAYN.