pronunciation help please!!!

futurefreeland

Can someone please help me understand how Brynna and Brenna sound different?!? I thought they were the same name just spelled different. But people keep telling me they are two different names!

Thanks!!

bittersweet mama

I'm going with they are pronounced the same. Thats how I would say both names. Bry-nah is not the way I would think Brynna would be pronounced because it just sounds ugly that way.

ExpatFamily06

Brynna - I would pronounce this as either BRY-na or Brin-na

Brenna - I prounounce as Bren-na

EastCoastBride

I read Brynna as if it were an "I" instead of a "Y" and as such, the pronunciations are a bit different to me.

 

jiffy-pop

It depends on how you speak the english language. Most northerners would say Brenna with more of an aahh sound where the e is. We southerners pronounce both spellings the sam. Kind of like pin and pen; to me, they are pronounced the same, to a northerner it is different.

joanithegreat

ExpatFamily06:

Brynna - I would pronounce this as either BRY-na or Brin-na

Brenna - I prounounce as Bren-na

I agree!

JulieBean767

Brin-na and Bren-na....sound different to me. 

plunderb

JulieBean767:

Brin-na and Bren-na....sound different to me. 

 

dana1318a

When I see Brynna I would pronounce it (Brinn-uh), and when I see Brenna, I would pronounce it like Brenda, but minus the D.

ttmccoot

the same way pin and pen sound different.

BelleBaby

I would pronounce Brynna with a short "i", Brin-nah.

Brenna would be with a short "e", Breh-nah.

They're 2 different (similar) names to me.

KentuckyKate

I pronounce them the same. I also pronounce pen and pin the same.  It's regional.  We've had a similar conversation on here about Erin and Aaron.  I say those names exactly the same (Air-in), while the northerners pronounce both of the names differently than I do, with the E in Erin like the E in egg, and the A in Aaron like the A in apple.

BelleBaby

KentuckyKate:

I pronounce them the same.  I also pronounce pen and pin the same.  It's regional.  We've had a similar conversation on here about Erin and Aaron.  I say those names exactly the same (Air-in), while the northerners pronounce both of the names differently than I do, with the E in Erin like the E in egg, and the A in Aaron like the A in apple.

I have this argument with my DH daily.  He's a Kentucky boy, born and bred, so pin and pen are the same to him.  Being a northerner, it drives me crazy that he doesn't say the "e" and "i" differently! 

But I totally get what you're saying here!

KentuckyKate

BelleBaby:

KentuckyKate:

I pronounce them the same.  I also pronounce pen and pin the same.  It's regional.  We've had a similar conversation on here about Erin and Aaron.  I say those names exactly the same (Air-in), while the northerners pronounce both of the names differently than I do, with the E in Erin like the E in egg, and the A in Aaron like the A in apple.

I have this argument with my DH daily.  He's a Kentucky boy, born and bred, so pin and pen are the same to him.  Being a northerner, it drives me crazy that he doesn't say the "e" and "i" differently! 

But I totally get what you're saying here!

Too funny.  My DH is a northerner, and I tell him he says his own name wrong!  It's Barrett, which he says Baaahhhh-reht, and I say Bare-it. He just sounds like such a transplant!

futurefreeland

BelleBaby:

KentuckyKate:

I pronounce them the same.  I also pronounce pen and pin the same.  It's regional.  We've had a similar conversation on here about Erin and Aaron.  I say those names exactly the same (Air-in), while the northerners pronounce both of the names differently than I do, with the E in Erin like the E in egg, and the A in Aaron like the A in apple.

I have this argument with my DH daily.  He's a Kentucky boy, born and bred, so pin and pen are the same to him.  Being a northerner, it drives me crazy that he doesn't say the "e" and "i" differently! 

But I totally get what you're saying here!

This must be why I am having trouble hearing the difference! I am a West Virginia girl and pin/pen, Ben/bin, when/win etc. all sound the same to me!!

lovemytwoboys

KentuckyKate:

I pronounce them the same. I also pronounce pen and pin the same.  It's regional.

Me too. 

I am sitting here going crazy, because pin/pen and brin-na/bren-na come out exactly the same to me.

I am originally from Virginia and have been told my accent is a little southern, so maybe that is why. 

So to OP, I would pronounce those names exactly the same. 

futurefreeland

lovemytwoboys:

KentuckyKate:

I pronounce them the same. I also pronounce pen and pin the same.  It's regional.

Me too. 

I am sitting here going crazy, because pin/pen and brin-na/bren-na come out exactly the same to me.

I am originally from Virginia and have been told my accent is a little southern, so maybe that is why. 

So to OP, I would pronounce those names exactly the same. 

futurefreeland

lovemytwoboys:

KentuckyKate:

I pronounce them the same. I also pronounce pen and pin the same.  It's regional.

Me too. 

I am sitting here going crazy, because pin/pen and brin-na/bren-na come out exactly the same to me.

I am originally from Virginia and have been told my accent is a little southern, so maybe that is why. 

So to OP, I would pronounce those names exactly the same. 

 

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one!!! I was going a little crazy too trying to figure it out...lol...must just be different accents!

schnappycat

dana1318a:

When I see Brynna I would pronounce it (Brinn-uh), and when I see Brenna, I would pronounce it like Brenda, but minus the D.

Exactly this! Totally different sound to me. I'm from Michigan if that matters.

braveangel2

They're two different names

Brynna - modern, invented version of BRYN which is a boys name, but I think it got snapped up with all the BRI names. Or it could be a cre8ive version of Brenna, however the pronunciation is Brin - Uh

Brenna - pronounced Bren - uh, it's either a feminine form of Brennan or a variation of Brenda (however all Brenna's I've met have vehemently denied this).

Either way it's pronounced different.

MrsRoy07

JulieBean767:

Brin-na and Bren-na....sound different to me. 

This! And I live in New York, near Niagara Falls.

ames71

JulieBean767:

Brin-na and Bren-na....sound different to me. 

This exactly. 

ritzgrrl

KentuckyKate:

I pronounce them the same. I also pronounce pen and pin the same.  It's regional.  We've had a similar conversation on here about Erin and Aaron.  I say those names exactly the same (Air-in), while the northerners pronounce both of the names differently than I do, with the E in Erin like the E in egg, and the A in Aaron like the A in apple.

I'm a Wisconsin girl, so I'm on the sounding different train.  However, I found this interesting 'cause I say Erin and Aaron the same (and often since one is a BFF and one is a cousin).  We're pretty nasally up here, though, so I s'pose that makes sense.

LiLnikkiMe

ExpatFamily06:

Brynna - I would pronounce this as either BRY-na or Brin-na

Brenna - I prounounce as Bren-na

this way