[name_m]How[/name_m] would you pronounce the baby name [name_u]Arie[/name_u]? Anyone ever meet an [name_u]Arie[/name_u]?
I’d pronounce it “Arr-ree”, like the start of [name_f]Ariana[/name_f]. I haven’t met an [name_u]Arie[/name_u] before, but I’ve met [name_u]Ari[/name_u], Aree, Airie and Airee’s before.
I’d say it [name_f]AIR[/name_f]-ee, like the brand Aerie. I also like [name_u]Ari[/name_u], which I say rhyming with CAR-ee. I’ve never met an [name_u]Ari[/name_u] or [name_u]Arie[/name_u], but I’ve known a couple of girls named [name_f]Ariana[/name_f] who are sometimes called [name_u]Ari[/name_u] by their friends.
I’d pronounce it to rhyme with “fairy”.
We have a neighbourhood where I am from called this and it is pronounced [name_f]Air[/name_f]-ee
I would say [name_f]Air[/name_f]-ee.
I’d steer clear of this because way too many people would be confused between “arry”, “ahrie” and “airy”.
I know a male [name_u]Ari[/name_u] (the first syllable rhymes with car) and, since I saw it written a few times before I heard it pronounced, it took me a while to learn and remember the pronunciation. Too non-obvious for a name that’s not that interesting or substantial anyway. If a name is practically invented, it should be apparent at least how you’re meant to say it.
[name_u]Ari[/name_u] is a very old name meaning lion in Hebrew and eagle in Old Norse. [name_u]Arie[/name_u] is the Dutch spelling.
Rhymes with [name_f]Mary[/name_f].
Spelled [name_u]Ari[/name_u], I would pronounce it “[name_m]AH[/name_m]-ree”, rhymes with sorry and starry, as in the common Jewish boys’ name. Spelled [name_u]Arie[/name_u], I think it’s more open to pronunciation mistakes, but as I mentioned on your other thread about this name, I think of the singer [name_f]India[/name_f] [name_u]Arie[/name_u], who had a run of popularity several years ago and pronounces her name “ah-[name_f]REE[/name_f],” with the emphasis on the second syllable as in the [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciation of “arrive.”
I’m aware that it’s a name with roots. If your own community is strongly Scandinavian or Jewish, and it will ring familiar and meaningful, then it makes sense.
But failing that, to me it’s like taking a name from [name_f]Indian[/name_f] culture - it certainly wouldn’t resonate with meaning or history to most of the people who’d be in my child’s life, even though it’s full of significance to other people.
Personal preference, of course.
Ar-ee. Like [name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
Like the bra company Aerie air-ree
I’d say [name_u]Ari[/name_u]
I think most popular names these days are borrowed from other cultures. [name_f]Bella[/name_f] is Italian, [name_f]Luna[/name_f] is Latin, [name_m]Julien[/name_m] is [name_m]French[/name_m], [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] is Hebrew, etc, etc. So I’m not really worried about that.
I’d pronounce [name_u]Arie[/name_u] [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-[name_f]REE[/name_f], like [name_f]India[/name_f] [name_u]Arie[/name_u].
I would pronounce it like Ar-ree, it’s my niece [name_f]Aria[/name_f]'s nickname and it’s how we all say it 