pronouncing names

Mrs.Reem · May 2009

Okay help me out here. I'm pretty good with English and tend to be critical with name spellings vs how they are spoken. However this one has me stumped.

How would you spell Anna/Ana/Aana/Annah if you wanted it to sound like "Auna" or "Awna" as opposed to rhyming with banana?

(I know. Stupid question, but I want to know.) Cool

emiannie · May 2009

I would spell it Ahnna or Awnah. :-) But I'm not great with English...

duke'sgirl · May 2009

From the above, the only one I would pronounce that way is Ana. What about spelling it Auna?

CMM05 · May 2009

No clue! I think its confusing.....

I did have a sorority sister who went by "Awna" and her name was spelled Ana. I don't really think there is a spelling that you could use unless you used Awna........

Her name was mispronounced all.the.time and she always complained about how when she was young no one ever got it right

Mrs.Reem · May 2009

lol okay so I'm not the only one.

What about Ahna. Does that look stupid? Kind of does, doesn't it??

argh. We had such a hard time with naming Katen that maybe this one will just be baby girl "Reem." ....although that's not a name that grows well with a kid.

schmoodle · May 2009

I read "Ana" as "ah-na" or "on-a", and read "Anna" as rhyming with banana.

beebe929 · May 2009

Going with the example of "Shawna" and the use of "Sean"

Eana

lol

sorry

Auna looks better than Awna IMO

WhiteysWifey · May 2009

friends of my parents named their daughter Hannah...but pronounced with a long "a"...so it sounds like haaaaannah. They spell it the same, just pronounce it differently.

MewMew · May 2009

All those, I would pronouce Ana.

Auna I would pronouce like "Awna".

teeveegirl · May 2009

I like the Ahna spelling best out of Ahna, Auna and Awna.

krissyh21 · May 2009

How about Aanna?

muppet.fan · May 2009

My FIL's SO's name is Ana and she pronounces it that way (so it sounds like Auna).

candm · May 2009

My friend whose name is pronounced that way spells it Aunna. All of the other spellings (Ahna, Awna, etc.) looks plain silly to me. If it were me, I would just spell it Anna and correct people. Stick out tongue

JCM083009 · May 2009

schmoodle:
I read "Ana" as "ah-na" or "on-a", and read "Anna" as rhyming with banana.

I was going to say the same thing! Ana, to me, has always been said how you are wanting.

GypsyEsq · May 2009

JCM083009:
schmoodle:
I read "Ana" as "ah-na" or "on-a", and read "Anna" as rhyming with banana.

I was going to say the same thing! Ana, to me, has always been said how you are wanting.

Yup. Another vote for the Ana spelling.

laura1 · May 2009

GypsyEsq:
JCM083009:
schmoodle:
I read "Ana" as "ah-na" or "on-a", and read "Anna" as rhyming with banana.
I was going to say the same thing! Ana, to me, has always been said how you are wanting.
Yup.? Another vote for the Ana spelling. ?

Ditto!?