When you read the name [name_f]Anna[/name_f] which pronunciation do you think of?
- On-a (like [name_f]Anna[/name_f] and [name_f]Elsa[/name_f])
- Ann-a (rhymes with banana)
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I voted [name_f]Ann[/name_f]-ah, but it honestly depends on the circumstances? I sponsor a little one in [name_u]South[/name_u] [name_u]America[/name_u] ([name_u]Brazil[/name_u]) with this name, and I say her name like AH-nah/ON-ah, and would assume similar if I knew someone was from a Scandinavian country. But just meeting an American girl (or even a British/Aussie/Kiwi, Canadian, etc.), I would assume ANNE-nah.
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I’ll save myself from the typing and just second everything [name_u]Ash[/name_u] has said above. It depends on the circumstances. 
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100% ann-uh, unless I knew they were from a country where it’s pronounced on-a. Otherwise, to get to the on-a pronunciation, I’d spell it [name_f]Ana[/name_f].
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Usually I pronounce [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f]-a. I really like the On-a pronunciation, though. I tend to pronounce the [name_f]Ana[/name_f] spelling as On-a.
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With two Ns, it’s pronounced [name_u]Anne[/name_u]-uh and with one it’s pronounced [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-nuh
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I would like to add banana in my accent is the same as [name_f]Anna[/name_f] and [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] 
so that was a confusing set of options.
Anyway - [name_f]Ann[/name_f]-uh.
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Banana rhymes with [name_f]Anna[/name_f] and [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] in my accent!
I prefer [name_f]Ann[/name_f]-a though!
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Banana is not a great comparison as it is clearly pronounced differently in different places. I pronounce [name_f]Anna[/name_f] like [name_f]Ann[/name_f]-ah, but like the Arn-ah pronunciation in some languages other than [name_f]English[/name_f].
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