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Girls Name - Ane

53 replies

Gatomalo · 09/06/2020 20:27

Hi, we are expecting DC2. We are still not sure if it is a girl or a boy but we have been discussing some girls names.

I am basque (north Spain) and I have always like the name Ane, which is quite popular over there. Is the basque version of Anna.

We pronounce the last E, so it would be something like An-neh if that makes sense? Does the name sound weird to you? Will you pronounce it as Anne (Ann)?

Just wondering what people think as I have a difficult basque name myself and I don’t really want to give the poor kid a complicated name... but DH who is English thinks it would be nice to give the baby a basque name.

I just can’t decide if brave it and give her the name Ane or go with Anna and make her life easier!

Thanks Smile

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Soulstirring · 09/06/2020 20:39

Beautiful, love it!

NoParticularPattern · 09/06/2020 20:38

If I was concentrating I’d pronounce it to rhyme with “name” but if I was skim reading or somehow in a rush I would probably misread as Anne. But if I was corrected I’d not continue to mispronounce and would understand it easily enough. It’s a perfectly lovely name

sibbys · 09/06/2020 20:33

Would pronounce Ayn

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