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Am I pronouncing this name correctly?

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Maybree · 16/10/2021 16:29

Our daughter is due on December 6th and we’ve decided to name her Alana. We will pronounce the name “Ah-lar-na”. I haven’t come across many people with this name so I just wanted to check.

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MrsFin · 16/10/2021 16:43

It's it Irish? I thought it was the feminine form of Alan.
The one I know is Alanna pronounced Al-ann-a

SylvanasWindrunner · 16/10/2021 16:43

Never heard it with 'lar' in the middle, just a short 'la', but I'm in Scotland, so maybe it's an accent thing. Sounds a bit West Country when I try to replicate with the 'lar' so I'm guessing you don't pronounce the R and it's more of an extended 'a' sound like Al-ahhh-na?

Redhotchilis · 16/10/2021 16:42

My DD had a friend called Ylana, pronounced a-lar-na. It's a beautiful name

girlmom21 · 16/10/2021 16:42

Why are you choosing to give your child a name you don't know how to pronounce? Surely you give a name that you like the sound of?

romdowa · 16/10/2021 16:39

It's an unusual spelling of the name alannah buts pronounced ah-lan-ah. It's an Irish name

MydogWillow · 16/10/2021 16:37

A- larna

SE13Mummy · 16/10/2021 16:36

I know an Alana pr. uh-lar-nuh
An Alannah pr. al-an-uh
An Alanna pr. uh-lar-nuh

GoodnightGrandma · 16/10/2021 16:35

Al-are-na.

Cominghome1230 · 16/10/2021 16:35

I would pronounce it the same as you would. Ah-lar-na

GemmaRuby · 16/10/2021 16:35

The one I know is pronounced a-lahna . With a short “al” at the beginning like the first syllable in Alan.

ThePoisonousMushroom · 16/10/2021 16:35

I know

An Alana
3 Alannahs
1 Alanna

SockFluffInTheBath · 16/10/2021 16:34

Same as MrsBungle. It might be an accent thing but be prepared to correct those going for a short middle a.

ThroughThinkandThing · 16/10/2021 16:34

Come across a couple of people named Alannah. 50:50 Uh-laah-nuh and uh-lanna to rhyme with Anna.

Purplecatshopaholic · 16/10/2021 16:34

My friends wee girl is Alana, pronounced Ah-lan-a, ie as it is spelled. Why add in an -r sound?

ThePoisonousMushroom · 16/10/2021 16:34

I know a few (with various spellings) and all pronounce it how you do OP.

MrsBungle · 16/10/2021 16:33

*I’d

MrsBungle · 16/10/2021 16:33

If pronounce it the same as Anna with an Al at the front.

Howshouldibehave · 16/10/2021 16:32

I would pronounce it Ah-lan-a.

MissChievous12 · 16/10/2021 16:31

The one I knew pronounced it as you've said.

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