Ania?

chatty6176

I love the name Ania.  DH didn't like it because he didn't want some guy going up to our daughter and saying "Hey Ania, I want to get on ya."  Men!  How do they come up with these scenarios.  I am not preggo, just like thinking about names. I am happy with my DS right now.  Anyway do you like Ania Joyce?  Middle name after my grandma who passed.

EXL311

I've thought about this before because one of our girl names is Anastasia which could have the nickname Anya.  I would pick another nickname just because of the "on ya" reference.  It's up to you though but I would spell it Anya because Ania looks like uh-knee-uh.

Desmond&MollyJones

I love the name Anya.  So pretty.  But spell it with a Y.

chatty6176

Desmond&MollyJones:

I love the name Anya.  So pretty.  But spell it with a Y.

The reason the spelling would be Ania is because it's polish and my DH is polish and would like a polish name if possible and this is one name I can compromise on.

lookieloo

Love it.

Sept17.05Bride

nms

kizz11

it's alright, i've heard worse...

FutureMrs.Steen

I don't know how to pronounce it. I would assume Uh-knee-ah. I don't like it-sorry.

jsillyfun

I love the name Anya, but I guarantee you that if you spell it Ania, people will be pronouncing it uh-knee-uh all her life. Only because of that, I would not use it.

SteelCityBride

I think it's pretty, but I didn't know how to pronounce it until I read the responses & saw the Anya spelling.  For that reason, I would either spell it Anya or not use it.

MixiePixie

I like Anya.  My DH is from Russia, so I would like to go with a Russian-ish name that goes with our very Russian last name, and Anna/Anya are on my list.

To PP about Anastasia:  Nastya is also a nickname.  This name I like a lot too.

AppleRidge

I'd still go with Anya - It still has polish heritage, but will be spelled in a way that Americans will get.

amoureux

Is it suppose to be pronouced like Anya? I am only guessing that from the quote of why your husband doesn't like it.

If so, spelling Ania is setting her up for a lifetime of mispronounciation.  the 'ia' would cause most people to say it as ann-ee-ah.  Like Julia but with the 'ann' sound at the beginning.

I do understand wanting to have a polish name but I would balance that with the pronounciation.   Spelling it Anya still respects her ancestry.

AggieDee

I would have had no clue how to pronounce it....

ann-e-ya

on-e-ya

uh-nee-ya