A name that's hard(er) to pronounce?

[nuthinbutpink]

I think you should ask a friend how they would spell it and I bet they will say Anya. Anye looks like you misspelled any to me.

[Mochagirl]

I am going to be 31 this year... I was a year older then the rest of the people in my grades because I mother tried to keep us out of school and didn't try to homeschool.

Oh well, there goes that theory - I'm turning 38 this year, so that's quite a difference. Maybe Canada lagged behind the U.S. in naming trends?

[zanacal]

I think it's a pretty name but I'm afraid I wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce it either. How about Orla?

[Butterfly Spirit]

I'd like to throw a unique A one out there.. Alayna.

[Irishmom]

Yep, I do know the meaning! That's why I love it so much

Aine - Ancient Irish name from the noun aine that means “splendor, radiance, brilliance.” Aine is connected with fruitfulness and prosperity. The queen of the Munster fairies was called Aine as was one of the wives of Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). Aine appears in folktales as “the best-hearted woman who ever lived – lucky in love and in money.”

So she's lucky, gorgeous, kind, successful and well-off Can't go wrong with that!

Hi Ribbons. I have 3 friends called Áine. In Ireland we pro-nounce it Awwn-yah, As there is a fada over the 'A'. It is a lovely name but i would imagine outside of Ireland it would be hard for others to pronounce.

How about Enya(N-ya), Anais(Ann-a), Asha, or Ashling.

[Cinss]

I think you should spell it how it is supposed to be said. We did this with my daughter, there is an American version of her name and a flower version, but we spelt it the Australian way, you cant really get it wrong even though it is unusual. I would spell your name Anya, and i think that is a very unusual beautiful name.

[Ribbons]

I'm having a really hard time letting go of the spelling, because any other way makes it an entirely different meaning.

Maybe I should just go with Sophia after all... and we could make Aine a middle name... I'd start out calling her Aine, but she could always change it to Sophia if it caused problems!

I was getting all excited about the name Esme too... then I realized it was in Twilight. So, scratch that...

Naming girls = hard!

[BeadinMom]

Girl names I had lined up for my boys - Sadie, Mackenzie, Olivia
Unfortunately never had a chance to use them...and now they're off my list anyway.
If anyone wants them, they're yours for the taking. LOL

[ThroughWithBlue]

I have a friend whose daughter is named an-yah but I have no idea how she spells it. It's a pretty name, but I wouldn't do that spelling. You'll be correcting it your whole life. And in school teachers and such will be mispronouncing it.

[HopeandDreamG]

[QUOTE=purplepoet20;195451]I do have one concern about Aine... pronounced on-yay. What if the boys say "I wanna be ON YA". Maybe you can change the spelling a little so it can't be used in anyway to make fun of

This is EXACTLY what I was going to post. That is just what the boys are going to say. My first thought exactly