Quote Originally Posted by Martyr
For example, in CT, the name "Ayla" for the cave chick just... wasn't... good enough. Considering her style and appeal, her name, and such, I decided that her real name must actually be "Layla!" Not Ayla. Ayla sounds like a baby noise.
Ayla was probably based on the character Ayla (an Ice Age-era woman) from Jean M. Auel's series of prehistoric novels, Earth's Children. The best known among these is likely The Clan of the Cave Bear. I'll admit I've never read any of these, but the link seems fairly apparent. If Ayla isn't consistent with the Japanese name, then we likely have Ted Woolsey to blame.