My husband is pretty set on this for a name. I was laying in bed last night thinking, (ah pregnancy insomnia), how will people pronounce this?
Air - E - ella?
R - E - ella?
Other?
Was trying to think of NN, but thinking that would depend on the pronounciation. Now I"m not so sure.....
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Re: How do you pronounce 'Ariella'?
Thats how I said it in my head...
Ah-ree-el-la
with emphasis on the first syllable
Yep
R - E - ella....so pretty and I love the nickname Ari.
I would probably avoid the Air-e-ella pronunciation- because you know she is just going to get areola at some point in her life.
That was my first thought when I read it, but it could be either way.
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This is what I like. How would you then pronouce the nickname? R-E or Air-y?
R-E. (Though I've never heard it as a NN among the people I know who have it, since "Ari" is a very common guys name among the same group.)
I see it as R-E-ella.
Makes me think of Sebastian in Disney's the Little Mermaid. He pronounces Ariel different than the other characters. R-E-L.
I saw the name, Airella, and totally heard his voice in my head saying it.
R-ee-ella, but I'm a little biased since I have a cousin named Ariella and that's how she pronounces it.
Ari = R-E to me! I really like it and think you should go with it.
Though I too have only heard it as a nickname for Jewish men. Though there was a character on Days of Our Lives called Ariana who was called Ari pronounced the same way- so it just may be because of where we live.