Tawnya

eyris

Was just going through some documents at work and found a woman's name spelled "Tawnya."

I just know how everyone here LOVES extraneous letters in a name.

Nice to see it with a W and not a Y, though!  Extra credit points? 

blush64

I knew someone who spelled their name that way. Her parents wanted to pronounce it Tawnya instead of Tan-ya so they spelled it like that. I have also known a Tonia pronounced Tawn-ya.

I never liked the way it looked but everyone did pronounce it correctly.

EDIT To be fair, I have no idea if Tonia is correct or not. I always assumed it wasn't for no real reason.

emd79

I actually know a couple of girls named Tawnya.  I guess i never thought much of it....

eyris

Wow, really?

I guess I'm the only one who thinks it's strange!  I've known plenty of Tanyas, but never with a W like that.

One of my closest friends is named Tanya.  We pronounce it like "Tawn-ya."  I know you CAN pronounce it "Tan-ya" but I've never known anyone who said it that way, so the emphasis on that seemed weird to me.

blush64

eyris:

Wow, really?

I guess I'm the only one who thinks it's strange!  I've known plenty of Tanyas, but never with a W like that.

One of my closest friends is named Tanya.  We pronounce it like "Tawn-ya."  I know you CAN pronounce it "Tan-ya" but I've never known anyone who said it that way, so the emphasis on that seemed weird to me.

Most of the people I have known with this name pronounce that way.

MelissaRae1525

I know a Tawnya. She's kind of trailer trashy so that's what I associate with that. I would assume Tanya was prn Tawnya though.

gimmietimmies

I know a few people with this name spelled this way. All born in the 70s. Reminds me of Tanya Harding (same pronunciation).

Foo572

Oh thank goodness you were just talking about this name and not asking about using it

My name is Tanya, and I guess pronounced like Tawnya, just not so hard on the aw. Not as in the color tan.

Many people pronounce it Tan-ya (color tan), to me that would be more southern. The appearance of Tawnya just makes me cringe... but I'm sure that's because of my name!