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

@milkyaqua

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...

Yep, this.

Not sure I can be arsed with it all tbh.

Love the name Oonagh. I hear it all the time as my toddler is obsessed with Puffin Rock at present.

[quote Puppalicious]@RuthW , where do you live? Is Una also a Scottish Gaelic name with the Yoona pronunciation? In my mind Yoona is simply wrong as it’s an irish name but I never thought of it being Scottish too.[/quote]
I'm in Northampton

@cortex10

Actress Una Stubbs is a 'Yuna'

This is where I got my pronunciation.

[quote TheDaydreamBelievers]@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".[/quote]