How would YOU pronounce Natalia?

I love this, its quite high on my list. I’m wondering how everyone pronounces it as myself and my mother-in-law disagree on the pronounciation.

I pronounce it - Na-tal-iyah

She pronounces is - [name]Nat[/name]-alie-ah, which no offence to anyone that uses this pn sounds not so good to me.

[name]How[/name] does everyone else pn it?

Thanks ladies :slight_smile:

I pronounce it “nah-[name]TAH[/name]-lyah” which is the European way (Russian mainly). Some people do pronounce it phonetically like your mother-in-law but I don’t find it very appealing myself.

[name]Natalie[/name]-uh?! Really? I say nah-[name]TAL[/name] (tal like [name]Allen[/name] without the “en” and with a “T” in front of it!)-yuh. My baby sister is [name]Natalie[/name], but I would have never considered using the [name]Natalie[/name]-uh pronunciation! I actually call my sister [name]Natalie[/name]-uh sometimes, lol, but just as a joke! Then again, I also call her [name]Tallie[/name], [name]Lea[/name], [name]Tallulah[/name], [name]Lulu[/name], [name]Nattie[/name], [name]Talia[/name], [name]Natalia[/name], etc. :slight_smile:

BTW, [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Natalia[/name], and I think [name]Elena[/name] and [name]Natalia[/name] are adorable together! Really love your [name]Natalia[/name] [name]Vivienne[/name] [name]Fleur[/name] combo, too! I love [name]Fleur[/name]. :slight_smile:

[name]Nuh[/name]-[name]Tal[/name]-ee-uh. Is that wrong/am I ignorant?

First off, great name! I pronounce it: [name]Nuh[/name]-TA-liya

[name]Nat[/name]-ahl-ya.

Great name, and I definitely say na-[name]TAH[/name]-lee-ya, not [name]Natalie[/name]-uh.

I pronounce it - Na-tal-iyah

Yes that is how I would naturally pronounce it too.

I’m on bored with all the pp’s here. I pronouce it [name]NaTALia[/name] (emphasis on the second syllable), not [name]NATalia[/name] (like [name]Natalie[/name] + a, emphasis on the first).

Also, Great name! I love the nn [name]Talia[/name], would even consider using just that as a full name.

I really think most people would pronounce it as you do… The few [name]Natalia[/name]'s that I know use this pronouciation so I don’t think you should be considered.

what an odd way to pronounce it! i have never heard anyone do that before.

I have a friend that is named [name]Natalie[/name] and goes by [name]Tal[/name] and [name]Talie[/name].

I’m in the [name]Nuh[/name]-tal-ya camp or at least that’s what I read to myself when I saw this.

I pronounce it as [name]Nuh[/name]-tal-e-yuh. This is how all the [name]Natalia[/name]'s/[name]Natalya[/name]'s I know pronounce their name as. I can see how someone that doesn’t know much about names would think it would be [name]Natalie[/name]-uh though.

Nah-tahl-ya. The i becomes a y in Russian and most European languages. The only way you would ever pronounce the i is if there were an accent on it.

[name]Natasha[/name], [name]Talia[/name], [name]Talya[/name], and [name]Tasha[/name] are the nns.

I prefer the French prn of [name]Nathalie[/name] myself.

Would you consider [name]Renata[/name], which has a similar meaning and may be easier to pronounce?

Na-[name]TAHL[/name]-ya

I know a [name]Natalia[/name] who pronounces it nu-[name]TAL[/name]-ia so that’s how I would pronounce it, the same as you’re pronouncing it I believe.

She goes by [name]Talia[/name] which I think is a very cute nn too :slight_smile: I love the name for what it’s worth!

Good luck :slight_smile:

^ This.
Three syllables. I find saying it with four syllables really awkward. As far as I know to pronounce the “ia” as “ee-ah” is incorrect as far as etymology goes.

I’d pronounce it nah-[name]TAH[/name]-lee-ah or nah-[name]TAH[/name]-lyah. I absolutely [name]LOVE[/name] that name!

Thanks everyone, sooo good to hear everyone is on the same page as me!
I’m seriously reconsidering [name]Natalia[/name] at the minute, although I love it, I can’t bear the idea of having to constantly correct people.
I already have problems with [name]Elena[/name], she gets called “[name]Ellen[/name]-ah” and “[name]El[/name]-een-ah” instead of “[name]El[/name]-ay-nuh” by people were not familiar with and it drives me crazy!
I guess I have 12 more weeks to decide :slight_smile:

So my name is [name_f]Natalia[/name_f]. I’m from [name_f]Canada[/name_f] and I’ve found people say nuh-[name_u]TAL[/name_u]-ya. However, i prefer a way of pronouncing that sounds a bit like [name_u]NAT[/name_u]-al-ya. It sounds way cooler and rolls off the tongue better. I find Spanish persons (it also sounds awesome with a Cuban accent?) and people from Ukraine say it the second way. Anyway, it’s a pretty awesome name!

I would pronounce it na-TALL-ya, but there’s a girl in my grade named [name_f]Natalia[/name_f] and everyone pronounces her name as na-TAAL-ia (long A sound as in “apple”).