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Leila or Lela? What is in a name?

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

Factoid: I was named after my paternal grandmother Lela Whitaker-Jefferson.  For most of my life I have had people mispronounce my name thinking it should sound like “Leila”.  Recently my uncle was reviewing census docs from around the time of grandma’s birth… Well guess what?  He learned her name WAS actually recorded as “Leila”. Go figure!

Personally I go by Lela pronounced like “Bruce Lee” Jefferson.  Miss. Jefferson if you don’t act holy 😉

Lela Jefferson, © 2010 All rights reserved.

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