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Clicky Poll - pronunciation

ChrisAlyChrisAly member
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We really like the name Hana, but prefer it pronounced a certain way so I'm wondering what all of you would say when reading it.

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Re: Clicky Poll - pronunciation

  • BethPSUBethPSU member
    Honestly, I would think you didn't know how to spell Hannah because I have never seen Hana before.
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  • RhennaRhenna

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    Honestly, I would think you didn't know how to spell Hannah because I have never seen Hana before.

     This was my first thought as well, that it is a misspelling of Hannah.

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  • HopeNotLostHopeNotLost member
    I would say "Hah-na" but I did go to school with a girl who spelled her name that way and it was pronounced "Han-uh."
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  • cloud9climbercloud9climber

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    I'd say Hahn-a only because I've driven that road in Hawaii...

    THIS.  "The road to Hana"   sigh.... such a beautiful place.  

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  • giraffe54giraffe54
    If you want to avoid the confusion over pronunciation, you could just go with the standard Hannah. If you are having trouble with this, imagine what you LO will have to go through her entire life.
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  • caramia582caramia582 member
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    imageJoy2611:
    I'd say Hahn-a only because I've driven that road in Hawaii...

    THIS.  "The road to Hana"   sigh.... such a beautiful place.  

    My husband and I did not get to experience the road to Hana, because we were told the drive there was so bad it was nicknamed "the road to Divorce".

    Anywho, I have known two people named Hana and they both pronounced it "Hah-na", like the town in Hawaii.  I think it's cute but agree you'd get a lot of people pronouncing it like Hannah. 

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  • Moneypenny424Moneypenny424 member

    imageJoy2611:
    I'd say Hahn-a only because I've driven that road in Hawaii...

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  • strawberrytreestrawberrytree member
    I would say Hah-na, because I'd pronounce Ana as Ah-na and not An-na. So following that rule, Hannah would be Han-nah and Hana would be Hah-na. 

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  • MySallyGirlMySallyGirl member
    I would say Hannah and figure you were trying to get annoyingly creative with the spelling. 
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  • FrecklesInsideFrecklesInside member
    First instict would be to say it like Hannah, but once corrected, it would be easy to see it as Hahn-a since I say Ana like on-a, not anna.
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  • natalie7s19natalie7s19

    imagestrawberrytree:
    I would say Hah-na, because I'd pronounce Ana as Ah-na and not An-na. So following that rule, Hannah would be Han-nah and Hana would be Hah-na. 

    Precisely. 

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  • LadyExtravaganzaLadyExtravaganza
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    First instict would be to say it like Hannah, but once corrected, it would be easy to see it as Hahn-a since I say Ana like on-a, not anna.
    This. I would want to say Hannah but my brain does know that it should be Hah-na.
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  • ObLaDiObLaDi member
    I had a friend named Hana when I was a kid. It was pronounced Hah-na.
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  • KittyMarie219KittyMarie219
    Hana is the Japanese word for "flower" and is pronounced Hah-na. The road in Hawaii was named Hana due to the high population of Asian- and Japanese-Americans who inhabit the area (Hawaii has the highest population of Asian-Americans than other state in the US, I believe California has the second highest).
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