How do you pronounce the name Una?

[Jizzyjeff]

I'd love to get a percentage on how MNers pronounce this name, as I am thinking of using it for our baby daughter. I am especially interested in the pronunciation in the UK.

Yes YABU - Yoona
No YANBU - Oona

Are you set on the spelling Una? Oonagh and oona are both accepted spellings (Irish) and very much result in Oona as a pronunciation.

Ewe- na and Yoona sound the same to me? The female sheep is a Yoo?

Not in S Wales 😂

Una will be pronounced Ew-na (Ew rhyming with few).

Not entirely set, no.

My husband isn't too keen, he prefers Una but happy to go with Oonagh if that's what I want.

I don't know anymore

The only person I know with this name is Serbian, not Irish! Maybe it's in other languages too? Anyway, I'd say Oona.

If you’re large Irish family are from Dublin I wouldn’t choose Scarlett, it doesn’t travel well there. Otherwise a nice name!

Scarlett and Amber are both lovely names. I have red hair and was going to call my ginger daughter Scarlett, Amber or Honey. And then I had a dark-haired son. 😆

@WeatheringStorms22

Ewe- na and Yoona sound the same to me? The female sheep is a Yoo?

Not in S Wales 😂

Una will be pronounced Ew-na (Ew rhyming with few).

Yoo/you rhymes with few in my accent (Scottish), and also in RP English. In what way do they differ in a S Wales accent?

I would pronounce it OOna. But I think you may have issues with pronunciation and not understanding the accent, unfortunately.

Jasmine I have only ever heard pronounced as spelt - never hear 'yasmine' so I think you would be safe there. It is a lovely name as are Scarlett and Amber.

Oona

I would say yoo - na, as in Una Stubbs.

I always thought that Una and Oona/Oonagh were 2 different names? Oonagh is Irish, but Una comes from the Latin (?) word for 'one'. See also Unity.

If you want the 'oo' sound then I'd spell it Oonagh or Oona. No ambiguity there.

I'm not sure about Amber or Scarlett being dated - my daughter has friends with those names.

Yoo/you rhymes with few in my accent (Scottish), and also in RP English. In what way do they differ in a S Wales accent?

Yoo and You are different sounding.

Yoooo rhymes with too.
You rhymes with few.
Ooooo rhymes with too but without the Y.

Op will get 'Yoooo-na', 'Oooo-na' and 'You-na', all sounding different.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oona_Chaplin

Split the difference, spell it Oona, and there's no doubt re pronunciation.

Oh and 'Ewww-na', same as 'you' but without the Y.

In scotland, we would always say "ooo-na", I've never heard yoo-nah

I had to phone a Nuala at work. I asked for nwa-la, to be met with bafflement :)

@WeatheringStorms22

Yoo/you rhymes with few in my accent (Scottish), and also in RP English. In what way do they differ in a S Wales accent?

Yoo and You are different sounding.

Yoooo rhymes with too.
You rhymes with few.
Ooooo rhymes with too but without the Y.

Op will get 'Yoooo-na', 'Oooo-na' and 'You-na', all sounding different.

Too, you and few all rhyme for me, exactly the same vowel sound. I’m sorry but I don’t get what you are saying. Who has a S Wales accent that I could look up on You Tube? (Or should that be Ew-tube)?

@TheDaydreamBelievers

In scotland, we would always say "ooo-na", I've never heard yoo-nah

No “we” would not.

You do. Don’t speak for all Scots. I have heard You-na many, many times in Scotland. It may be a generational thing though.

In stardust there is an Una (pronounced oona) so thats what I would assume (also said that way for Spanish no 1)

Oona

@Puppalicious Scarle for your ma for havin ye🤣

Best friend at primary was Una, and she pronounced it Yoona. Think Una Stubbs was Yoona too. I’d always automatically pronounce it like that.

@HaveringWavering To clarify - the comma splitting 'in scotland' from the rest was meant to communicate "we are in scotland, and we would always say oo-nah". With we being my family, not "we, every person in scotland".

If you call her Una, some people will say Yuna, some will say Oona, and she will have to correct people and say how it's spelt all her life.

If you call her Oonagh, some people won't know how to pronounce it correctly, and she'll have to tell a fair number of people how it's spelt all her life.

If you call her Oona, the pronunciation is clear. May still have to say how it's spelt...

@Pemba

I would say yoo - na, as in Una Stubbs.

I always thought that Una and Oona/Oonagh were 2 different names? Oonagh is Irish, but Una comes from the Latin (?) word for 'one'. See also Unity.

If you want the 'oo' sound then I'd spell it Oonagh or Oona. No ambiguity there.

No, Úna is the Irish spelling (pronounced Oona). Oonagh is an anglicisation.