Anais Pronunciation

macska3 · November 2013

How do you pronounce the name Anais? I've heard a couple different ones and want to know the general pronunciation. TIA!

blu-eyedwife · November 2013

Uh-Nye-Us (I think that Eh-Nye-Es is the same pronunciation, just depending on regional dialect)

kaylynne · November 2013

Anais Nin, I say Uh-nye-iss

however, the Spanish speaking students I have taught pronounce it ah-nye-EE or ah-nye-EES

macska3 · November 2013

I'm sort of surprised at the answers. I say uh NYE ees

Bwhitten · November 2013

English Uh-nye-is spanish ah-nah-ees

emmy236 · November 2013

The "ais" in French makes an "é" sound so I read that as "an-ay"

Dr.Loretta · November 2013

Ah na EES

Looks like behindthename agrees with me

https://www.behindthename.com/name/anai12s

mh89 · November 2013

I've heard the Aden and Anais blankets pronounced "Uh-Nye" at Babies R Us… though it looks like anus to me.

Irishcurls · November 2013

My coworker pronounces it Anne-eye-ees.

bwralc · November 2013

Dr.Loretta said:
Ah na EES

Looks like behindthename agrees with me
https://www.behindthename.com/name/anai12s

this way

Meery82 · November 2013

bwralc said:

Ah na EES

Looks like behindthename agrees with me
https://www.behindthename.com/name/anai12s

this way

This

Portland1916 · November 2013

I read it as "Annie"

emmy236 · November 2013

jenniferb123006 said:

emmy236 said:
The "ais" in French makes an "é" sound so I read that as "an-ay"
Except in French there is actually a tréma over the I which makes it pronounced (Anaïs). It is pronounced ah-nah-ee or ah-nah-ees in French. (Or at least that's how I've always heard it pronounced and I'm a HS French teacher.)

So you say "Je parle francais (fra na cee)"?

ClaireHuxtable · November 2013

Ah-nah-ees. Spelled correctly: Anaïs

The trema accent is used when two vowels are next to each other, but are pronounced separately - this gives you the ability to hear both "a" and the "i" sound.

EDIT: A pp poster mentioned the trema - helps to read all posts prior to posting).

macska3 · November 2013

I'm aware that there's an accent on the I, but I was unable to type Anais with it.

emmy236 · November 2013

jenniferb123006 said:

emmy236 said:

jenniferb123006 said:

emmy236 said:
The "ais" in French makes an "é" sound so I read that as "an-ay"
Except in French there is actually a tréma over the I which makes it pronounced (Anaïs). It is pronounced ah-nah-ee or ah-nah-ees in French. (Or at least that's how I've always heard it pronounced and I'm a HS French teacher.)
So you say "Je parle francais (fra na cee)"?
No but there's no tréma in the word français. Just because you are choosing to ignore an accent mark that dictates that a vowel is pronounced doesn't mean that is correct.

Either way Anaïs has a tréma (that would be the two dots over the I if you were wondering), français does not. It is similar to why the French word for Christmas is pronounced No-el not Nole. There is a tréma over the e in Noël dictating that the E is pronounced.

Accents are usually in a word for a reason (the circonflexe is an exception not the rule); in this case it requires the I to be pronounced.

Definitely understand the accent marks, however the OP did not use it, that's why just reading it as is, I didn't assume they were using one. If I just looked a like a class list and saw "Anais" on there I would pronounce it that way (and because I have met someone with that name pronounced Ahn-é).

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