How do you say Aja?

Kflie83

Ayjah or Aya? My friend is naming her baby this but I don't know how to say it!

LadyXaverian

Yikes, I'm not sure. Maybe like "Asia"?

Brittany FreyBox

We just hired a girl with this name and she pronounces it Asia.

LadyXaverian

This website lists it as "ah-shae" (soft j sound).

https://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/aja

mandyandmike2009

THere is a restaurant here in Atlanta named that and I believe they call it Ayjah.

ara4488

It's Sanskrit in origin, pronounced: AY-jah

nestinginjapan

I know an Aja ...  sounds like "Asia"

Ciconrad

I went to school with a girl whose name was Aja - she pronounced it like Asia.

funnibaby

I would ask her how she is pronouncing it since you've come across a couple of different pronounciations.

Heather

SanFran80

SarahL77:

Yikes, I'm not sure. Maybe like "Asia"?

This would  be my guess.

MrsEricH

My first guess would be like "eye-uh" but I've never seen this name before, so I could be way off- and it seems like many people are pronouncing it like "Asia"....

peagirl828

Ciconrad:

I went to school with a girl whose name was Aja - she pronounced it like Asia.

This exactly!

wheelber

Asia

BwayDani

like "Asia"

ValentineBB

Asia.  Usually when someone names their kid this it's b/c they were a HUGE Steely Dan fan.

brooksidebride

Ciconrad:

I went to school with a girl whose name was Aja - she pronounced it like Asia.

same here

Spin313

I also thought "Asia" but I would just ask

Mama_SAS

I have no idea, but I'm glad people are saying "like Asia" because in my head it was "Ah-ha" and that's just horrible!

Violet_McPurpleson

Ah- shuh. I went to highschool with a girl named this.

queenofkings76

I knew a girl with this name years ago and she pronounced it "Ah-jha"

mr&mrswelch

Asia.

Worcbride

no idea

triix

Ah-zhuh