So I have discovered the name Oriyan, pronounced ohr - ee - ON, but I am afraid that it will get pronounced oh-ry-AN. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any other spellings for Oriyan?
I literally just asked out loud before opening this post “Is that supposed to be Orion.” In the day of fancy spellings I think a lot of people will confuse it no matter how it’s spelled. But maybe the most obvious default would be Ohreeon but not sure how visually appealing that is for you.
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Maybe Oriawn, Oriaun, or Oriyaun?
People might pronounce it O-ry-un, but at the same time, I’m not sure [name_u]Orion[/name_u] is popular enough that they’d get too confused?
Oriyan looks best as a spelling tbh.
I’ll be honest, when I first saw this I thought it was [name_u]Orion[/name_u] spelled to make the oh-RYE-on pronunciation MORE intuitive. I’ve always though [name_u]Orion[/name_u] should be pronounced OR-ee-on with the normal spelling, though it would be a bit strange to spell it that way and pronounce it differently than what it’s supposed to be, so I wouldn’t necessarily recommend that. Maybe just simply [name_f]Orian[/name_f] would work better, though it would still probably be confusing
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I thought Oriyan was an attempt to make [name_u]Orion[/name_u]. 
I’d try Oreon, [name_f]Orian[/name_f], or Oreyan.
i instinctively pronounced it as oh-ry-an, sorry! i think oriyan is my favorite spelling for it from the names you listed in your other post, but i’d go for orean for that pronunciation that you’d like.
i hope this helped 
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