Polls! Help with my favorite name!

Girl Names
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[name_m]Hi[/name_m]! It’s me again! I just discovered the poll feature and it’s so cool!
So, here’s my big name issue. [name_f]My[/name_f] favorite name is [name_f]Annelie[/name_f]. It’s Nordic, means ‘grace’, and pronounced like ‘onna-lee’, NOT like ‘anna-lee’. I know sometimes this name is used as a variation of [name_f]Annalee[/name_f], which is frustrating. If I ever have a daughter, I would love to name her [name_f]Annelie[/name_f]. I’m just worried that she would get non-stop mispronunciations. So, what do you all think?

How often do you think [name_f]Annelie[/name_f] will be mispronounced?

  • Not at all
  • Maybe sometimes, but not often
  • A lot, but people will get it when corrected once
  • All the time
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[name_f]Do[/name_f] you think I should have [name_f]Annelie[/name_f] as her middle name and have friends and family call her that, but give her a more common first name?

  • Yes
  • Seems too complicated
  • Maybe have the more familiar option be the middle name?
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Which middle name combinations do you like best?

  • [name_f]Annelie[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Annelie[/name_f] [name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
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Thanks for your help!!

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The correct pronunciation is my default, anyway. It’s a lovely name, and people will quickly learn. :slight_smile:

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People can learn. [name_f]Annelie[/name_f] = [name_f]Onna[/name_f]-lee isn’t hard to remember. it’s a nice fn

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Where I grew up this was a popular name and I always pronounced this as “[name_u]Anne[/name_u]-li”. Might be worth bearing in mind as that’s the most used pronunciation in many European countries at least, especially in the nordics where the “A” never makes an “O” sound.

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Is this a family pronunciation? Where did it come from?

Now I’m not sure what pronunciation you want. Is it like on-uh-lee or like oh-nuh-lee? If its the first one, sort of like Anya, then no problem since that’s a common way to pronounce Anna anyway. The second one will need more correcting I’d think.

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I think it could be easily corrected

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Thanks for the votes and replies everyone!

@NorahBee That’s really funny! It is a family name, so I guess someone somewhere along the way made up the pronunciation. [name_f]My[/name_f] family does have a history of doing that. [name_f]My[/name_f] aunt is named Kjȅrŝti, (ignore the symbols, they’re for privacy) pronounced chair-stee, which is defiently not how the name is originally pronounced.

@hellobanjo Yep, it’s a family name, and I guess it is a family pronunciation. I pronounce it the first way :slightly_smiling_face:

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