How to pronounce Annia?

General Name Discussion
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I noticed someone suggested the name [name]Annia[/name] on a thread, and I’ve never seen it before! Can anybody enlighten me as to pronunciation? Thank you!

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When I read it, I say it uh-ni-uh if that makes sense. The ni is like nEYE.

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It’s an ancient [name]Roman[/name] name so I would pronounce it [name]AH[/name]-ni-ah, with the i pronounced like the ee in knee and the sound between the i and the a softer version of the y in [name]Enya[/name] or the gn in lasagna. Or just AHN-gna, gn as in lasagna.

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Well, I was kind of torn between Anniah in the style of Hebrew names and [name]Anya[/name] in the Russian style. Sounds like it may be “parent’s choice!”

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To me, it looks like an Anglicized spelling of ”ine. ”ine is usually Anglicized to [name]Anya[/name] though.

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I generally pronounce [name]Annia[/name] [name]ANN[/name]-ee-ah in my head, though it’s probably pronounced like [name]Anya[/name].

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My first thought would be AHN-yuh, or possibly uh-NY-uh. AN-ee-uh / AHN-ee-yuh would be the pronunciation I’d be least likely to use if I saw it.

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If pronounced properly in Italian, it would be ahn ee ah, or maybe AHnee ah is easier to understand.

It would absolutely not have the nya sound in [name]Anya[/name], without the silent g before the n, which creates “nya,” (lasagna, Bologna, gnocchi…) The “g” is then silent and turns the “na” into a “nya” sound.

Think of how the Italians pronounce [name]Maria[/name] and give the syllables the same emphasis.

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You can pronounce it how you want, [name]Ann[/name]-eye-uh or [name]Ann[/name]-ee-uh or ann-yuh!!

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When I first looked at it I thought [name]Ann[/name]-naya, like the actress [name]Naya[/name] Rivera from Glee.

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I would pronounce it like A-nigh-a (or maybe to clarify uh-nye-uh?) but that is absolutely based on nothing… just the way I think it sounds the prettiest. =]

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I pronounce it ann-KNEE-uh

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It’s always been ah-NEE-ah in my mind, but [name]AH[/name]-nee-ah does sort of make sense, I am not really familiar with ancient [name]Roman[/name] pronunciations, so ah-NEE-ah was just my first guess.