[name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] has been one of my not so guilty pleasures for a really long time, I’ve always loved the sound but recently I heard an [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] being called uh-ly-ah (kind of like “a liar”) and I was like…what? That’s not how I pronounce it at all, I usually say [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-lee-ah but I’ve heard uh-lee-ah.
So that got me wondering, how do you pronounce [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] and what, on first glance, did you think it was said as?
I know an [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] and she pronounces in ah-lee-ya (a short “a” sound at the end).
It is a gorgeous name! We named our daughter [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] and pronounce it the same way you do. [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-lee-ya
I was first introduced to the name because of the r&b singer. And Im pretty sure she pronounced it the "[name_m]Ah[/name_m]-lee-ah " way too.
I knew a girl named [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] once who was very particular that the stress was put on the first syllable of her name, so it sounded like “[name_u]Ollie[/name_u]-ah”. I first think of that pronunciation, but [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-lee-ah seems the most natural to me.
I love [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f]!!
We say ah-lee-ah
I say it with a long I (like “liar”), but it would be easy to adjust if I met an [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] who pronounced it with the “lee” sound.
I’d say [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-lee-uh as that’s how both the Aaliyahs I’ve met have pronounced it
There was an [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] in my year who said it A-[name_u]LEE[/name_u]-uh.
For a long time I thought this name was pronounced uh-[name_u]LEE[/name_u]-uh, but then recently I discovered the singer [name_f]Aaliyah[/name_f] actually pronounced her name [name_m]AH[/name_m]-lee-uh.
I’ve only ever heard it pronounced [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-[name_f]Leah[/name_f]. You could spell it [name_f]Aleah[/name_f] and that might make it easier for people to pronounce?
I pronounce it uh-lee-uh.