How do you pronounce Dahlia?

[ShutUpAlex]

Family are feuding

Daaah-lia yanbu
Day-lia yabu

Day-lee-a

See also Aunt Dahlia in the PG Wodehouse Wooster books. In every dramatisation or reading I've seen or heard, it's Day-lee-a

Day lee a

Dah Leah
It’s my absolute favourite name and I was desperate to name dd it but dh couldn’t get past the murder association. My sister is going to use it if she ever has a girl though!

I've always said Day-lee-uh but read the Wikipedia entry posted earlier. It seems that the flower is named after a Swedish naturalist called Dahl. Presumably he pronounced his name in the same way as Roald Dahl who had a Norwegian backtound.

That meant that I've been saying it wrong all my life and it should be Dar-lia.

But it's too much like Daaarling for me to pronounce it in what must be the correct way. I'd feel too pretentious. It would be like doing a Hyacinth Bucket.

Our favourite local garden centre which is an international renowned specialist for growing and developing types of Dahlias, pronounces them Daylia if that is any help.

Day-lee-yuh

Like the flower

(No-one pronounces camellia or Everest like the surname, it's far from unique in modifying in normal usage)

Bertie Wooster’s aunt Dahlia was Day-lia, in all the adaptations I’ve seen. And the one real-life person I’ve known was the same.

Most people will pronounce it how they pronounce the flower, so if the majority use ‘Day-‘ then that’s how it’ll be.

Dar-lia

Dah lia. That is how Klaus pronounces it in the originals, therefore it is totally correct and I will not entertain it being pronounced any other way.

@ShutUpAlex

Family are feuding

Daaah-lia yanbu
Day-lia yabu

Daylia for the plant. The other one for the name!

Follower - daylia
Name - Dar-Lia

I say dal-ya

Well I know 3 Dahlias. Said as its spelt. Which isn't Daylia.

I'm Scottish -only ever heard people say Dah-lia. Day-lia sounds incredibly English to me. But when people say "UK" or "British" that's usually what they actually mean anyway.

When MIL (English) visits, and we talk about the garden she would always say "Day-lia" which sounds incredibly wrong to my ears.

@Sideofnoreturn

Dayliah, like the plants

What, you mean the word "Dahlia" could mean something else?

DAAH lee yah, South East.

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.

No one is ever going to call your child by their second name,

Dar-lee-a.

Day Lee a like the flower.

Day Lee ah like the flower.

day-lia

i work in a garden centre and NO customer has ever asked for or discussed an daah-lia

Daaaah-lia. When I first heard the word I was living in the US and the Black Dahlia movie came out. I've only recently heard the correct pronunciation on gardeners world but I can stop saying it the American way.

Day lee ah or Day lia
All versions sound lovely.
Where you live depends on how it will be pronounced.

I only know it as Dar lee a. I've never heard the day pronunciation.