How do you pronounce Dahlia?

[ShutUpAlex]

Family are feuding

Daaah-lia yanbu
Day-lia yabu

Dar Lee yah

'daahlia' sounds very hyacinth bouquet to me. Trying to sound posh but failing.
Afaik there's no derivation for the name other than the flower so it should be pronounced the same.

For a name Dar Lia
For a flower Day lia

Why would you pronounce the name differently from the flower it's from?
Day lia

Daily err

Dal yah

Day Lee Ah

My partner and I have only ever heard it pronounced Dah-lia, not day-lia.

It’s for a middle name, but we’re not sure if we want to use it if people would pronounce it daylia as we really don’t like that.

Dale-ya

How about Thalia? (Nicer flower too.)

Use Fuchsia instead. it's Fewsha not Fooks-ya.

As others have said one is British pronunciation and the other is American

Day-lee-ah - UK (eg. Bertie Wooster's Aunt Dahlia)

Dah-lee-ah - US (eg. The Black Dahlia)

Day-lee-a.

@ILoveShula

Use Fuchsia instead. it's Fewsha not Fooks-ya.

😂

Dar-lia, never heard the Day way.

@ShutUpAlex

My partner and I have only ever heard it pronounced Dah-lia, not day-lia.

It’s for a middle name, but we’re not sure if we want to use it if people would pronounce it daylia as we really don’t like that.

How about Daisy instead?

Day-Lia.

Dar-lia

@ErrolTheDragon

How about Thalia? (Nicer flower too.)

Doesn't this sound a bit like failure? Haha don't name a child that!

My friends mum is Dah - lia

Dahhh-lia

@Namechangedlady I think that one is pronounced tall-lia?

As others have said
Plant Dayleeah
Name Darleeah

I say Daylia for both plant and name, although I’ve only heard the name used for Bertie Wooster’s aunt. How about Zinnia? Everyone can pronounce that.

But have always loved the other pronounciation.

I've never heard it as a name, only as a plant. I'd think it rather an odd name especially pronounced "wrong".