Aliyaan

[Elsa333]

DH and I are struggling to agree on a name we both like for our baby due soon (DH is looking for something unique, but I prefer shorter, simpler names). A friend suggested the name Aliyaan, which we both like the sound of, but I wanted to get some honest opinions on the following two questions:

1. How would you pronounce this name?
2. Is it obvious to you whether this is a boy's or girl's name? I deliberately haven't mentioned whether we are expecting a boy or girl so as not to bias people's thinking one way or the other :-)

Appreciate your feedback.

1. Alien
2. Girl

1. al-ee-anne
2. girl

1 Al-i-yan or ending yarn

2 I taught a little boy named Aliyan

Agree with KenDodds

Actually probably either but without the y sound now I think more

Alien, girl

1. Ah-lee-arn
2. Girl

I think it is my flat northern vowels that make it alien rather than aleyarn.

Thanks for the comments so far and please keep 'em coming as I would like to collect views from as many different people as possible (whether favourable or otherwise!)

Ali-yan

Girl

Alley-arn.
Boy.

Ali-yan

Boy

Al-ee-aan.

Girl.

Don't like it tbh. Looks made up, and 'wrong'. Sorry.

Alley arn
Girl
Don't like it, sorry. It may well be a real name but looks made up.

Alley ann.

Girl.

Looks made up, sorry.

My local takeaway, sorry.

Ali-yarn. Girl.

Although, would that be Alyaana?

Ali-yan girl

Ally yaaaahn (my accent causes the over accent) sounds like a small child saying alien in a silly voice sorry.

I wasn't sure when i first saw the name but it 'looks' boy 'sounds' girl if that makes sense.

Ali- ann
Girl

My first thought was Alien but I think Alliyarn. Girl
.

Ali - arn and a boy.

Alley-arn. Emphasis on the third syllable. Boy.

Looks/sounds Turkish or Arabic to me. Is it? I like it.

Alien and girl