Hello guys! [name_f]My[/name_f] husband is Danish-born and raised, and I am half Italian and half Spanish (born and raised in Italy). But, we are moving to the States soon and I wondered whether people will have difficulty pronouncing the names
No.1 - [name_u]Leone[/name_u] [name_m]Anton[/name_m]
No.2&No.3(TWINS) - [name_u]Mattia[/name_u] [name_m]Aksel[/name_m] & [name_f]Margot[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadna[/name_f]
No.4 - [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
No.5&No.6(TWINS) - [name_u]Adrian[/name_u] [name_u]Luca[/name_u] & [name_f]Anja[/name_f] [name_f]Matilde[/name_f]
No.7 - [name_f]Livia[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
I am also looking forward to hearing your thoughts on these. Have a good day <3
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I know how to pronounce all these. [name_f]Anais[/name_f] will be the one that might give a little trouble and perhaps [name_u]Leone[/name_u]
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Only name is [name_f]Anja[/name_f] for me. But the rest was fine.
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They all seem straightforward to me. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you pronounce [name_u]Leone[/name_u] like leh-oh-neh? Maybe the last syllable may need corrections, but it’s no huge deal.
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I personally am familiar with [name_u]Leone[/name_u] as a surname but I haven’t seen it as a first name so it may be one some people struggle with. [name_f]Anais[/name_f] seems like the most “difficult” one in my eyes but depending on where you move, people may have associations with it that make it easier such as [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_m]Nin[/name_m]. And finally, the pronunciation of the J in [name_f]Anja[/name_f] might have some people confused. But not the biggest deal to correct!
[name_u]America[/name_u] is a big country, and people even within the same place will have different experiences with names and languages, so really, who knows?
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The only ones I don’t know are [name_u]Leone[/name_u] and [name_u]Mattia[/name_u].
Such lovely names, have a pleasant and safe move!
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Im in the US! [name_f]Anais[/name_f] Id guess An-nace? Guessing this is wrong. [name_f]Anja[/name_f] I think is like [name_f]Anya[/name_f]. Some might say [name_u]Leone[/name_u] like [name_m]Leon[/name_m]. Im assuming its lee-oh-nee.
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To answer your questions:
-Anais is pronounced like Ahn-a-yees
-Anja is similar to [name_f]Anya[/name_f] but not quite the same, “nj” is pronounced like Spanish ñ (you would say it for example in jalapeño)
-Leone is Leh-oh-neh
(Excuse my transliteration, we do things differently where I am from)
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I know most people know how to pronounce [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_u]Adrian[/name_u], and hopefully [name_f]Livia[/name_f]. [name_f]Anais[/name_f] may be familiar to some people too, because of the character from The Amazing World of Gumball. Others may prove a bit more difficult, but I’m sure people will learn to pronounce with time.
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I know how to pronounce most of the names and I am from [name_f]Canada[/name_f] with a wide knowledge of names. To the average person [name_u]Leone[/name_u], [name_u]Mattia[/name_u], [name_f]Anais[/name_f] and [name_f]Anja[/name_f] will probably get pronounced wrong and need corrections
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