How do you pronounce ronan?

Boy Names
1

i’m just wondering how ronan is correctly pronounced? is it “ro-nan” or “ron-an”?

thanks!

2

[name]Ro[/name]-nan. And the “nan” is more like “nun” at least where I live.

3

I’ve always pronounced it “row nin” like [name]Rowan[/name] "Row in

4

Its pronounced '[name]Ro[/name] - [name]Nan[/name] ’ but I agree with sunnyshine that it is pronounced more like ‘[name]Ro[/name] - nun’ but I’m from [name]Ireland[/name] so it could just be the accent.

5

ditto :slight_smile:

6

thanks! that’s what i thought, but i heard someone pronounce it “ron-in” the other day and it threw me for a loop. thought i’d been saying it wrong all along =)

7

I have also heard it pronounce this way.

8

ro-nin, ro-nan, ro-nun… I don’t stress the second syllable, so I say all those the same.

9

It should rhyme with [name]Conan[/name] O’[name]Brien[/name], not [name]Conan[/name] the Barbarian. :slight_smile:

10

It should be [name]RO[/name]-nan, although, it can sound more like [name]RO[/name]-nin or [name]RO[/name]-nun depending on your accent. Usually [name]RO[/name]-nan, though!

11

smart aleck answer: you pronounce however you want to. It’s your perogative and some people will mispronounce it no matter what you do.

real answer: If you’re hearkening to Celtic/Gaelic roots I agree with the above, ro-[name]NAN[/name]. For fun you could also roll the R and lay on the Irish brogue. :smiley:

If you feel pretentious emphasizing the second syllable-and I know I feel pretentious emphasizing the ethnically correct prns of my kids’ Japanese names–then just fall back on rhyming iwth [name]Conan[/name].

If you pronounce it [name]Ro[/name]-nin or ro-neen, then your kid is not only an Irish seal, he’ll also be a masterless samurai. Now that’s impressive. :smiley: