How to pronounce this name?

I have a character called Ryl. How would you pronounce it upon seeing it?

Rill. And I'd be utterly baffled at the idea of it being pronounced any other way.

Rill (like Bill) or Rile (like Kyle) for me.

I pronouce it accentuating the silent 3.

as an author, either use common names with standard pronunciations, or resign yourself to the fact that some readers are going to pronounce it differently than you had anticipated and know that how they choose to pronouce it will have ZERO effect on their enjoyment of the work.

I vote Rill.

As a side note, it irritates me to no end when an author puts a pronunciation guide in the back of the book. I've gone through the whole book thinking of a name a certain way, and then I get to the back and find out I was wrong all that time??? What a bunch of bull. I'll pronounce it the way I hear it in my head, regardless of what the author intended, and that's that.

Rill. Like Bill.

Rile. As in Riley. Or like vile, and bile.

I would pronounce it as a very quick "real." Like, if you said real in one syllble instead of going "ree-uhl." Does that make sense at all? O.o

But yes, some people are going to say it differently and they're probably going to be upset if you tell them they're wrong. I spent three books pronouncing Hermione as Her-me-awn and wishing I knew how it was really said.

I'd say Rill, because it's spelt a little like Rhyl, which is a seaside place in England and pronounced that way. :D

I would go with Rile myself. But . . . does it matter really? I mean, most of the people I know (like "inthemargins" mentioned above) pronounced Seamus as "see-mus", not the correct Shay-mus.

If you're hooked on how the name must be pronounced, work it into your manuscript. I had one character mispronounce Jenny (as Jinny), a thing the MC noted. Since the MC noticed it, I gave the reader the indication "Jinny" was an incorrect pronunciation. Other people pronounced it "Jenny" and the MC agreed with the way they were pronouncing. In a similar way, I introduced the pronunciation of "Draghixa".

For some reason I went with "Ry-al" first and then "Rile".

Riel -- with ie as in pie, lie, tie. . .