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I don't really like "Angelica" with the American pronounciation Ann-gel-ick-uh, but I love how it was pronounced in my German class in high school Ann-gay-lick-ah.
Another one is "Antigone". Everyone would say Anti-gone instead of the correct pronounciation Ann-tig-on-ee.
Do you have any names that you like but won't be on your short-list because of how people would pronounce them?
(I've been bored looking at name websites recently, if you can't tell, LOL.)
Are you sure everybody would say Anti-gone? When I looked at it I assumed it should be pronounced Ann-tig-on-ee.
I like the brit way of pronoucing "Bernard" which is BER-nerd, but I know everybody here would pronounce it ber-NARD.
I really love the name Emilia, but I would want to pronounce it (eh-me-lee-É™). I'm afraid most people would pronounce it like Amelia (eh-meel-yuh).
I don't tend to like names that people would have issues pronouncing.
That said, if I saw "Antigone" as a name, I would know without a problem that it was pronounced Ann-tig-on-ee.
@Lemma: My FI is Irish and he pronounces it BER-nerd as well...its cute! He also prounces Gerrard funny.
Pretty much all the names I like are traditional Irish names with Irish spelling, so no one would get it right. My favorite girls name is Orfhlaith, prnounced Orla
I have always loved the name Reagan, but would want it pronounced Ree-gan (like in King Lear) versus Ray-gan.
Mireille is one of my favourites. "MI-hrey," but most people would probably pronounce it "Mir-elle." I love Aurelie too, but I'm sure most would pronounce it "Aura-lee" instead of "Oh-hray-lee." Aine is another fave, but I'm sure it would be pronounced "Ain" instead of "Ahn-ya." :(
I love Isla "Eye-Lah" but I've heard it many other creative ways, lol
@Aure: I knew a girl with the pronunciation "Ahn-ya" who spelled it Anya. Maybe a possibility?
@rachiecakes: Even with Isla Fisher!?! You'd think a famous person with the name would help people be able to say it right.
@Aure: My cousin's daughter is called Aine.
I like seeing which names people have heard mispronounced.
I've kind of already picked some names I like but I think they're all easy to pronounce.
@Aure: I had a student once named Ania, and she pronounced it "Ahn-ya". The spelling is a little different from yours, but everyone knew how to pronounce it. :)
@FutureKMM:@SpecialSundae: I was just contibuting names I love that are badly mispronounced, I'm not the planning on having any of my own. I would think in Scotland it would be more common and less likely to be mispronounced, but I have a friend named Aine and her name gets butchered.
I love the name Siobhann, but no one ever seems to know how to pronounce it! It doesn't really go with my new last name anyways, so I have kind of let that one go...
@Leprechaun: That's the name of one of my best friends and it took me a while to get it right:)
To answer the OP, I really like my first name but no one ever gets it right :)
@Leprechaun: heh! I have a cousin named Siobhain, people never ever get it right!!!
@Aure: I'd never seen it before a couple of weeks ago (when I met my cousin's daughter). It's an Irish Gaelic name rather than Scots Gaelic.
Another cousin's daughter is called Sorcha (Sor-sha) and she has a friend who's Saoirse (pronounced exactly the same as Sorcha)
It did take me years to get Siobhan right.
My FI and I both sing so I LOVE the name Aria, but I'm worried people would pronounce it like area ! And this is coming from someone whose name isn't hard but has been mispronounced my entire life :)
@SpecialSundae: I know it's Irish, I just assumed (I should stop doing that) that it was more common where you are becuase of your close(r) proximity to Ireland. I fail, heh.
Aida. It's pronounced eye-ee-duh but everyone would say A-duh.
I know Antigone from the play, most people would probably know how to say it.
Louis, pronounced the French way..It would be pronounced Lou-ee in English though :( Or worse: LOU-ISS
@KatyElle: I would know Aida from the musical!
My name..... Shanda (SH-AN-DUH) You would think it would be easy but people always say it wrong Shondra Shandra and I dont get it because NO R.... HMMM
@Grizz: FWIW, I would pronounce Aria correctly. :) Maybe because I watched/read PLL. I love that name.
People pronounce my name wrong ALL the time. Sometimes I even think about how I say it after considering my audience. Some people just make it sound so country...doesn't help that I'm from the South.
I would like to name a daughter Marin and have it said like "MAIR-inn" but I think people would say "MUH-rinn" or confuse it with Marina. I wouldn't want to spell it Maren (more likely to get the pronunciation, I guess) for other reasons.
My name get's mispronouced wrong ALL the time... or just not pronounced at all b/c the person doesn't even want to attempt. lol
@Mrs.KMM: My mom took me to see the opera (which the musical was based on) as a child and I always loved the name Aida.
I love Saoirse (Seer Sha) but I don't think many people would get it right.
I've always loved Xanthe but I can't even begin to think of all the name butchering she'd get, lol.
@AmeliaBedelia: I like the name Marin (pronounced your way) too! But I think it'd get pronounced MAH-rin.
I've always loved the female Russian name Nadezhda (nah-DEZH-dah), but nobody here can pronounce it :(
I love the name Hamish, pronounced HAY-mish, but I know everyone in the States would pronounce it HAM-ish, ugh!
Actually, I joke around with DH that I want to raise our children in France as I love French names, but only when they're pronounced with a French accent! Sophie and Isabelle are gorgeous in French, but are just meh in English, possibly because they're so overdone.
My daughter's name is Jesenia. People say Jes a neeeahh...
It is pronouned Jaseneea, not even sure if I did that right but yeah it is a pain.
One of my favorite girls names is Clara pronounced the German way like Claw-ra, DH has totally shot me down on that one.
Eva- It was my grandmothers name and I love it but it can be pronounce 2 ways {ee-vah} and {eh-vah}
I love, love, love the name Cerilene. Pronounced Sear-a-lean (check out the Sister Hazel song). However, I can see it being pronounced as Caroline or Carolina. And I don't see SO agreeing with that one. I was shocked when he didn't object too strongly to the name Stella.
For what it's worth, people mispronounce my name on a daily basis and it rarely bothers me. I really don't mind correcting people and more often than not, people comment on what a pretty and unusual name it is. People constantly pronounce my name "May-ra" instead of "Mah-ra" (or, spell it "Maura"). When people ask for my name, I automatically say, "Mara--M-A-R-A." I like having a different name, though, and I wouldn't hesitate to give my own daughter an unusual name.
@Leprechaun: Siobhen was on the list of names for a girl when my mom was preggers with me. They crossed it off because they were afraid no one would say it right. Didn't matter tho, the name they went with, no one pronounces right anyway.
I love the way Paula is pounced in spanish. Pow-la. It sounds so pretty. I also love Niamh prounced Nieve, but FI put the kabosh on that, as well as Aoife (eve).
@SpecialSundae: I love Saoirse, but I've only heard it prounced Seer-shuh. Oh well it's pretty either way!
Anything French I know will be bastardized beyond belief (except by my French friends& family), Like Jacqueline, Genevieve, Etiénne -- anglos would say "Jack-lin" "Jenny-veeve" and "Eton" which makes me cringe every time I hear it.
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