How would you pronounce this name?

straightonuntilmorning

We love Anastasia for a girl. 

If you saw this name would you say it: Ana-stac-ia or Ana-stay-sha (basically: long a sound or short a sound, I'm having trouble typing out the sounds)

And if someone pronounced it wrong would you correct them? 

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Familyhugs922

Yep, "stay" in the middle. And yes, correct others. Except if it's your dentist office. I am tired of correcting them. Grrrr. 

straightonuntilmorning

I pronounce it STAY.  I'd totally correct someone if they said my kid's name wrong.

///I don't know why the quotes do this sometimes.\\\
Right? Hunny said "it's the same name either way, let people pronounce it however they want." Ummm, no, I want people to say my baby's name the way we named her! 

straightonuntilmorning

I pronounce it STAY.  I'd totally correct someone if they said my kid's name wrong.

///I don't know why the quotes do this sometimes.\\\
Right? Hunny said "it's the same name either way, let people pronounce it however they want." Ummm, no, I want people to say my baby's name the way we named her! 

straightonuntilmorning

I pronounce it STAY.  I'd totally correct someone if they said my kid's name wrong.

///I don't know why the quotes do this sometimes.\\\
Right? Hunny said "it's the same name either way, let people pronounce it however they want." Ummm, no, I want people to say my baby's name the way we named her! 

ladybug2785

I agree, I pronounce it 'stay' as well.

straightonuntilmorning

Holy crap, why did that post 3 times???

jdox

NoraLee86 said:

I agree, I pronounce it 'stay' as well.

Me too

GinnyJ2012

I agree with PP.

salsy2012

Well, because of my extensive viewing history with the movie, I've always pronounced it with the 'stay'. 

I would probably correct someone if they said it wrong...I've had my first name mispronounced my whole life (it's a very common and easy name too, people are just stupid) and I don't have a problem correcting people.

rockyrollgirl

Stay

straightonuntilmorning

Hmmmmm...okay. Thanks laides!

Now, if you want it pronounce ana-stac-cia and NOT "stay" would you spell it differently? If so how?

cashews29

Change the second 's' to a 'c.

Anastacia

rstarrlemaitre

"Stay" in the middle, and more of a zha at the end than sha. p.s. love this name

straightonuntilmorning

cashews29 said:

Change the second 's' to a 'c.

Anastacia

Damn, that seems obvious now. Thank you!

MkL1526

Ana-stay-sha. Yes, I'd correct them if they were wrong. 

Kondasa

I personally don't think changing it to a c instead of an s is going to get people to pronounce it "Ana-stac-ia" over" Ana-stay-sha"

Yes, technically it will read Anastacia, but people will still not pronounce it like that if that is really important to you.

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MrsDeo said:

I think that the long-A sound is more common, so you're going to get more people pronouncing it like that no matter how you spell it. If it's an unusual spelling, I think they'll be more likely to ask how to pronounce it than they would otherwise. But people pronounce names wrong ALL the time; mine is pretty common and spelled in a common way and people still mix it up with a similar name all the time. Even people I've known for years. If the short-A sound is really what you like best, then use it and just know that people who see it written down will say it the other way sometimes.

I agree. People will likely get it wrong regardless because it is what they are used to hearing. My name is AuBrey and I get AuDrey all the time. Even by cor-workers I have had for years. I say one thing, people hear another.

straightonuntilmorning

Thanks ladies!

tamarar5

I'd say it the Russian way Ahnna-stah-see-ah, but that's because of my heritage and what I was raised with. . But my name is also Russian and everyone says it wrong.

caybeh

Pretty much what others said. I concur with stay.

My name is common, but spelled differently. People always spell it wrong, or call me a different name all together. Majority of the time, I'll correct but in a nice way!

shevaCC

My name is Carolyn and growing up in the south SOOO many people called me Caroline. I would generally correct once, then ignore. It was kind of annoying but not the end of the world.

ungraceful13

I pronounce it STAY. I do correct people who say DD's name wrong and a lot of people do.

Jentech84

I'd pronounce it Anna-stay-zia. Emphasis on 'stay'
Love the name too

Edit: yes I would correct people. It would embarrass my husband, but I'd still do it

WBL82

I agree--I would also pronounce it "stay"

Sarafar4

I went to school with a girl who was a "stah-cia" she spelled it the same way as you. I remember her telling us once in like third grade and then everyone knew how to say it, no big deal. Your daughter will correct people who she plans to see again and probably not bother other times. That's what I did with my maiden name... Sometimes you're like "who cares?" (Btw, it's pronounced the way it's spelled, so it bothered me when people tried to make it all crazy)

FloridaLady

Ann-uh-stay-juh. That's the most phonetic I can make it.