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Amya or Deena or Liyana

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Libertyy · 30/12/2023 12:00

Any ideas

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Guineapiggiesmalls · 30/12/2023 14:10

Love Amya, very nice. Without knowing, I’d have pronounced that Amyah, like Anya with an M really.

WeightoftheWorld · 30/12/2023 14:07

I like Deena best but don't mind Liyana. Not keen on the first purely cos I still don't really understand how to pronounce it after you've explained and I don't feel your pronunciation that you gave matches the spelling either.

I have middle eastern heritage and my two DC have Arabic names for some cultural context. The only name out of the three you've given I've heard of is Deena, but usually seen it spelled Dina (although on reflection that looks a bit like 'dinner' if you don't know the name!).

MerryChristmasToYou · 30/12/2023 14:02

I'd spell Amya as Amaya to avoid Aim-y-a/Am-ya confusion. Amaya, Anaya and Alaya seem to be everywhere here and it's the name of a neighbour's child.'Anaya, Anaya, Anaya' all day long by her younger sibling is very annoying and I call them Anaya and Annoyer.
(not sure if she's Anaya or Amaya but Annoyer has a very loud voice)

Liyana would look better as Liana but that's a jungle plant. Liyana is too vowelly for me and would blend into all the Lily, Layla, Lila, Luna, Lyla type names.

Deena seems a bit dated but seems stronger than the vowelly names.

user1492757084 · 30/12/2023 14:00

How about ..
Amy
Maya
Deirdre
Leah

LikeItOrLumpIts · 30/12/2023 13:49

Will Amya really get pronounced as Am-Mya though to people that don’t know? As to be honest it’s like Anya but with an M. Am-ya.

It doesn’t read Am Mya. To be honest there are so many Mayas and Maias.

Deena seems very 80s.

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Libertyy · 30/12/2023 13:41

Amya is pronounced “am-maya”
Liyana is pronounced lee-ah-na
Deena - dee-nah

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Libertyy · 30/12/2023 13:40

They’re culturally specific for an Asian family

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MerryChristmasToYou · 30/12/2023 13:12

Deena and Liyana seem to close to Deana and Leanne, which seem like 1970s names. Amya looks like Amy with an a on the end, and Amy is a bit 1980s.
If it's Am-eye-a, it will blend into the Mya, Maya, Maia, Mila, Amaya type names.

If they are culture-specific, then my opinion might be different.

Onelife2024 · 30/12/2023 13:00

Amya and Liyana are not names I’m familiar with, but I really like Liyana. Amya is nice but might get confused with Anya, if that bothers you. Not so keen on Deena.

SleepingStandingUp · 30/12/2023 12:47

Where do you live?

Amya sounds like slang for are you. Amya gooin out t play?

Deena just sounds very dated to me

Liyana I like, not sure it's it's lee-anna, lee-arna, lie-anna, lie-arna etc though so depends how much you care about mispronunciation

MerryChristmasToYou · 30/12/2023 12:17

How are they pronounced and are they from a certain religion/culture?

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