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One "n" or two? -anna/ana ending for girl's name.

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We picked a name! We are going with Oriana.  But would you go with Oriana or Orianna? 
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Re: One "n" or two? -anna/ana ending for girl's name.

  • WifeofaMarineWifeofaMarine
    For me, it would depend on how you want it pronounced, with the ana or anna sound at the end. I'd pronounce both differently.
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  • HAFranklinHAFranklin member

    imageWifeofaMarine:
    For me, it would depend on how you want it pronounced, with the ana or anna sound at the end. I'd pronounce both differently.

    This.  I would pronounce Anna, Ann-ah. Ana I would say as Ah-na

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  • pinkpigeonpinkpigeon member
    imageHAFranklin:

    imageWifeofaMarine:
    For me, it would depend on how you want it pronounced, with the ana or anna sound at the end. I'd pronounce both differently.

    This.  I would pronounce Anna, Ann-ah. Ana I would say as Ah-na

     

    wow... really? we had to consider this too as our name of choice is Brianna, but we say it with Ah-na. for me i felt Briana looked too much like "Brian".

    Anyway, onto the original question... i think it looks better with 1 n. i didn't consider pronunciation though. : 

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  • plunderbplunderb member

    Oriana = OR-ee-AH-nuh, will occasionally be mispronounced as oh-RYE-in-uh

    Orianna = OR-ee-AN-uh

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  • LMS05LMS05 member
    imagepinkpigeon:
    imageHAFranklin:

    imageWifeofaMarine:
    For me, it would depend on how you want it pronounced, with the ana or anna sound at the end. I'd pronounce both differently.

    This.  I would pronounce Anna, Ann-ah. Ana I would say as Ah-na

     

    wow... really? we had to consider this too as our name of choice is Brianna, but we say it with Ah-na. for me i felt Briana looked too much like "Brian".

    Anyway, onto the original question... i think it looks better with 1 n. i didn't consider pronunciation though. : 

    I know a Brianna pronounced ah-na. That isn't an uncommon pronounciation. I know 3 Julianas who pronounce their names like -anna. Anna/Ana isn't always pronounced how it looks. 

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  • MrsGo4HockeychickMrsGo4Hockeychick member
    imageLMS05:
    imagepinkpigeon:
    imageHAFranklin:

    imageWifeofaMarine:
    For me, it would depend on how you want it pronounced, with the ana or anna sound at the end. I'd pronounce both differently.

    This.  I would pronounce Anna, Ann-ah. Ana I would say as Ah-na

     

    wow... really? we had to consider this too as our name of choice is Brianna, but we say it with Ah-na. for me i felt Briana looked too much like "Brian".

    Anyway, onto the original question... i think it looks better with 1 n. i didn't consider pronunciation though. : 

    I know a Brianna pronounced ah-na. That isn't an uncommon pronounciation. I know 3 Julianas who pronounce their names like -anna. Anna/Ana isn't always pronounced how it looks. 

    Agreed. My sister is a Briana, but it's bree-ann-ah. She does get bree-ahn-ah a lot though.

    I would pronounce the two names in the op differently though...and I would never have thought of the pronunciation mentioned above.  

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  • HAFranklinHAFranklin member
    OK, I did a little googling, and it looks like the consensus is Anna can be pronounced Ann-ah or Ah-na, but Ana should always be pronounced Ah-na.
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  • magsugar13magsugar13 member

    1 n for Ah-na

    2 n's for anna

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  • GuillermaGuillerma member

    imageHAFranklin:
    OK, I did a little googling, and it looks like the consensus is Anna can be pronounced Ann-ah or Ah-na, but Ana should always be pronounced Ah-na.

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  • ToBeMrsTToBeMrsT member
    imagemagsugar13:

    1 n for Ah-na

    2 n's for anna

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  • forensicmamaforensicmama member

    Oriana = or-ee-ON-uh

    Orianna  = or-ee-AN-nuh

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  • ColsdollColsdoll member

    Very helpful! I hadn't considered the pronunciation issue. 

     

    Also - I am a Breanna - has always been Ann-uh. So I think you all are right on the onn vs. ann pronunciation.  

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  • losmittylosmitty
    To me, it depends on your pronouciation. I typically think of "-ana" as "ah-na" and "-anna" as "ann-uh". That said, I've only ever seen Oriana before (with the "ah-na").
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    imageWifeofaMarine:
    For me, it would depend on how you want it pronounced, with the ana or anna sound at the end. I'd pronounce both differently.


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