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How would you pronounce Aryan?

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Icloud54 · 18/10/2017 22:59

Thank you

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Fekko · 18/10/2017 23:49

It's an old Persian name (arr-ran). Persians are aryans, not nazis (although I can't believe the op didn't make the nazi connection).

pieceofpurplesky · 18/10/2017 23:43

Or Erry-Ann

pieceofpurplesky · 18/10/2017 23:42

Eirian is the Welsh spelling pronounced airy-Ann

Liadain · 18/10/2017 23:19

I think it's much better with the Aaryan spelling. Written as Aryan however, it screams Nazi to me - like the couple who named their child Aryan Nation.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063487/Parents-named-children-Adolf-Hitler-Aryan-Nation-wont-receive-custody-newborn-son-Hons.html

TheBrilloPad · 18/10/2017 23:16

I know two Indian Aaryan's and didn't bat an eyelid. One is almost four, and this thread is the first time Nazi connotations have ever occurred to me.

The two I know both pronounce it "Ah-reean"

hayli · 18/10/2017 23:13

It's for a boy- would have been Aaryan.
We have a south Asian background and I think it's a name that's been used; Aaryan that is.
Makes sense obv in europe it has a bad attachment to it but not for people from there.

hayli · 18/10/2017 23:10

Its a very popular indian name. Thats what i thought of first anyway so i guess it depends where you're from.

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Icloud54 · 18/10/2017 23:10

It's for a boy- would have been Aaryan.
We have a south Asian background and I think it's a name that's been used; Aaryan that is.

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RidingWindhorses · 18/10/2017 23:10

Xpost - thx for clarification SueGeneris

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Muddlingalongalone · 18/10/2017 23:08

Dd2 has a nursery mate called this. They pronounce it Arry-an although I was calling him Air-y-an to start with like the race & was Confused

RidingWindhorses · 18/10/2017 23:08

Oh my gosh! Did not no it had a link with the nazis

That's not actually possible. Shock

Do you mean Aaron or Arianne?

SueGeneris · 18/10/2017 23:08

If it helps it never once crossed my mind when I saw his name. His brother is Zaviyar, which I also like.

SuperBeagle · 18/10/2017 23:08

Arry (like Harry)-en.

Yep, heavily associated with the Nazis and the perceived "Aryan race".

SueGeneris · 18/10/2017 23:07

Crikey. Nazis? I think the OP means this name:

www.thenamemeaning.com/aaryan

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Icloud54 · 18/10/2017 23:06

Oh my gosh! Did not no it had a link with the nazis. Oops!
I think it's usually spelt Aaryan.
Will not be using the name!

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SueGeneris · 18/10/2017 23:05

Also I think the boy at preschool spells it Aaryan.

Liadain · 18/10/2017 23:04

Jaysus, OP. Are you going to have a sibling set of Aryan, Lebensraum, Adolf and Mengele?

Better hope they're blue eyed blondes...

EnglishGirlApproximately · 18/10/2017 23:04

😮

ElizabethShaw · 18/10/2017 23:03

The one I've met was Arry-an rather than Air-ee-an.

li1972 · 18/10/2017 23:03

Arian - welsh, meaning silver (arry-an)
Aryan - Nazi connotations...

SueGeneris · 18/10/2017 23:03

There's one at DS2's nursery. I can't remember if I've heard it said out loud. I think I would pronounce it: Ah-reeun Or A-reeun. Am I right?!

zozozoo · 18/10/2017 23:02

I think it's nahtz-ee

iBiscuit · 18/10/2017 23:02

Air-ee-an.

It has connotations though. Have you tried Googling?

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