How would you pronounce Aine?

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Love the name Aine for DD2 but really concerned about the pronunciation (and spelling) issues, ie if someone hears it will they spell it wrong, if they see it will they sat it wrong?

I have a fairly popular late 70's / early 80's name that can be spelt one of two main ways, plus had an unusally spelt and pronounced surname so I'm perhaps oversensitive to the issue as I was bullied at school for correcting my name. Perhaps DD2 would love a more unusual name and will have more confidence (here's hoping) than her shy and sensitive mother!

So, how would you pronounce Aine?

Thanks

I would have said Ayn too, sorry. Pretty name but she'll be forever correcting it.

I would have said 'Ain' or 'Ay-nee'

on-ya

:o @ Aine Rand

Its on-ya. FACT. I know an Aine.

Ay-nuh

On-ya . It was on my list for DD.

My ignorance, but I would have gone through 50 pronunciations before I got to 'On-ya' from 'Aine'

Awn-ya

Iy's supposed to be Awn-ya but obviously a lot of people hear/say On-ya.. Pretty name.

If you aren't in Ireland why not use Anya- you will get arn- ya from lots of people.

I know someone who's daughter is called 'onya' and I have never seen it spelt but now think it must be Aine (her background is Irish). Reading Aine I would never guess Onya but would know it can't be pronounced as it's written so would ask. I don't think it matters and think its a nice name but yes, will always have to spell name but I have an easy name and still have to spell it and all my children's

Without ever having seen it before or knowing anything of it's origins I'd be saying Ann-ya.

It looks very pretty written down though and I'm sure people will become used to it.

I think the question needs to be how it should be pronounced, not how people think it should sound.

It's Awnya or Onya. I know one in her late 20s. I had a double take when I first saw her name written down because I'd only heard it said at first, but you will only need to tell people once before they get it.

I like the name, it is very Irish though - are you Irish?

Awnya not Onya. Nice Irish name.

I know one, she pronounces it on-ya. I like it.

I'd have said "Ay-nee" because I've never heard it before.

Awnya - it's my sister's name. She was known as 'onion' at school.

I think the correct pronunciation is closer to Awn-yuh than On-ya. That is always how it was said when I was growing up in Ireland, and there is an Aine in DD's nursery who pronounces it like that.

Having said that, DD calls her 'On-ya', so I suspect that is what the nursery staff have made of it!

It sounds like Awnya when my Irish family say it. I can't quite get it like that with my accent, sounds like Onya as the Aw is much more subtle than in a word like Awning.

Munster Irish: Awng nya (with only the barest hint of that 'g' sound, sort of like the ng at the end of singing if you're down south and not from Lancashire!).

Well, not really. That's how my dad's family would say it. I am too English and would say "Awn -nya"

www.babynamesofireland.com/irish-girl-names

Check this lnk out for pronunciation of rish names.

Oops... Irish names obviously...there was a crisp crumb under my 'i'

Oh, and that's a link not a lnk...

Awn-ya. But I do live in County Meath so know how to pronounce it.