[name]Hi[/name],
I’m in two minds about [name]Ana[/name], I love [name]Anna[/name], but Im just not sure about [name]Ana[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you pronounce it the same as [name]Anna[/name] or are-nah?
I want to like it but I’m just not sure.
What do you think?
Thanks,
[name]Ellie[/name] xx
I generally pronounce [name]Ana[/name] as [name]AH[/name]-na as opposed to [name]Anna[/name], with its long A.
[name]Ana[/name] is okay, but seems insubstantial as a full name and would suggest it as a nickname for something.
I was shocked the first time I heard there was even another pn of [name]Anna[/name]/[name]Ana[/name].
I think it’s an American thing - they say both ‘ae-nah’ and ‘arrr-nah’ (just realised you have to say both on these in an English accent for them to make sense in an American accent. Oh dear. Ignore me), whereas in the UK we just use one single short-A sound ‘ah-nah’.
I like [name]Anna[/name]/[name]Ana[/name] a lot. They seem incredibly dull to me though, as pretty as they are. The only [name]Ana[/name] I know is really an Anaheed.
I’ve noticed most [name]Ana[/name]'s pronounce it ([name]Ah[/name]-nuh), while [name]Anna[/name]'s use the ([name]Ann[/name]-uh) pronunciation.
I like [name]Anna[/name]. It’s a classic.
To me, [name]Ana[/name], pronounced [name]Ah[/name]-na, is often mistakenly pronounced like [name]Anna[/name].
My husband’s name is [name]Schuyler[/name], and everyone calls him Shoo-ler, and he hates it because he constantly is correcting people.
I think someone named [name]Ana[/name] would find themselves in a similar situation.
[name]Ana[/name] is [name]AH[/name]-na, as in the beginning of [name]Anastasia[/name]. I love this name but the Anas I know always get mispronounced. I know a few Anas from other countries who just go by the [name]Anna[/name] pronunciation at this point.