Name pronunciation?

aerotigergirl · September 2014

How do you pronounce the name Aurelia?

kellyfo14 · September 2014

I read it as Aw-REL-ia.

YaMrWhite · September 2014

I pronounce it more like or-rail-ia

southernyankeegirl · September 2014

Ah-reh-lee-ah

I do like it!

Milagros315 · September 2014

I kind of say it between Ah-reh-lee-a and Aw-reh-lee-a. I really like it too.

aerotigergirl · September 2014

See, I pronounce it aw-RAYL-ya (or or-rail-lee-ah) too. Like it was pronounced in Love Actually. It's the only way I've ever heard it.

But when I look this name up on nameberry or babynamewizard or other baby name websites, it lists the pronunciation as "aw-REEL-ya". I like this name (in fact, it's the only name I've even been moderately interested in since I fell in love with Cerys, which DH is only lukewarm about) but I prefer the pronunciation that I am familiar with.

Would it be terrible to use a name and knowingly pronounce it differently than what is "correct"? Does that banish me to baby naming hell like making up a name or inserting a superfluous "y" would do?

BookitBoo · September 2014

I say it Aw-rail-e-ah

I think it's a lovely name

(ETA: I voted the second option)

southernyankeegirl · September 2014

@aerotigergirl‌ - as someone who studied phonetics, I have never trusted babycenter's description of pronunciation as anything near accurate.

I would name your child what you want. As long as you aren't creating some unique spelling for a normal name, it's fine IMO - like Meekayluh for Michaela). For example, both Aeh-nah and Ah-nah are correct ways are pronouncing Anna. Ahn-dray-uh and Aen-dree-ah are both correct ways of pronouncing Andrea. Sure, she will probably have to correct some people who pronounce it wrong, but that doesn't mean it's a bad name to choose.

I picked Ryan for a boy. I already know that I will have to tell everyone "Ryan with an R" because people assume when they hear it but it's Bryan. NBD.

UberBiz · September 2014

I'd say it with four syllables: Aw-REL-ee-ah

aerotigergirl · September 2014

@ladyamanuet - Yes. And thanks for posting that clip. It made me teary. I always cry at the end of this movie. Even when I'm not pregnant.

Roxycc55 · September 2014

Aww this was our name! Too bad we are having a boy.

FWIW I pronounce it the same way you do and when we were going to use it I didn't care that online said differently.

aerotigergirl · September 2014

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

Now, of course, I just keep thinking how nice Cerys Aurelia sounds together. I'm just not sure it goes well with our very simple, single-syllable last name (Hall).

I'm not sure Aurelia Hall sounds very nice. Like, maybe Aurelia sounds too frilly or exotic when paired with our LN?

mom2case · September 2014

Are-ee-ella is how I would pronounce it.

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