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Opinions on vs. the name vs. Anaya?

Hi everyone! So I have recently fallen in love with this name, mainly due to the meanings of it. It is Hebrew for "God given" and "Completely free" in Sanskrit. I think it is traditionally pronounced Ah-nye-ah, but I have also heard Ah-nay-ah. I liked the Ah-nye-ah pronunciation best, but then someone pointed out that it kind of sounds like annihilate :-/ What do you think? Does it sound better pronounced Ah-nay-ah?

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Poll created: Sep 20, 2014
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I like the name, and like the pronunciation Ah-nya-ah best. It’s a bit odd to instantly make the jump to the word annihilate...

I would probably spell it Anaia, but that’s just because I like the ’aia’ spellings.
posted by guest :: 9 years ago | report
I like it, and prefer the uh-nye-uh pronounciation, probably due to how much I love Anais
posted by guest :: 9 years ago | report
Thanks for your comment :) I like that spelling as well. Good suggestion. I’m glad you thought that it’s kind of an odd jump to annihilate. That is kind of what I thought too. Plus I like the nick name Nia. Thanks!
posted by guest :: 9 years ago | report
I like the pronunciation that you like. I’ve never heard anyone say it the other way, though I suppose you could. Honestly, until you mentioned it, I didn’t think about Anaya/annihilate. It’s a pretty name.
posted by Lark :: 9 years ago | report
I would not have thought of annihilate, unless maybe the last name started with L- or Lay- ...and maybe not even then.
posted by guest :: 9 years ago | report
I would not have have thought "annihilate" and I would have pronounced it ah-nye-ah, which is how I think most people would pronounce it. It’s a little like Maya which would have the I sound.
posted by guest :: 9 years ago | report
It does immediately make me think of the word annihilate, but it sounds really odd to be said like Uh-nay-uh. I vote no.
posted by guest :: 9 years ago | report

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