Sian pronounced 'see in' - is this a thing?

[BadPenny]

Help me out here please... does anyone know anyone (am guessing mostly women/girls) called 'Sian' rhyming with 'Ian'? Always thought this was pronounced 'Sharn' so trying to find out whether this is even a thing.

TIA!

That all definitely clears it up for me... Shan or Shaaan or even She-in all sound better to me than See-in. I guess there are always outliers.

If I thought 'Cy-an' a good name I would just spell it 'Cyan'. Why make life so hard for everyone, eh?

Yes, I know a Sian pronounced see-an

Shan here, wtf who says see an?? how do you even get a see sound from a Sh?!

Si-an is just wrong. Si in Welsh produces the sh sound. The circumflex on the a modifies the a sound.

My Scottish grandparents had a poodle called Sian, pronounced 'Shahn'.

The only human Sian I have met pronounced it 'Sharn'.

Ooh slightly off tack but the mum of an old friend of mine went to school with a pen-e-lope as her mum too had seen it in a book and loved the name.... I smile every time I hear the name Penelope!

Never heard it pronounced any other way than Sharn.

I have however, met a Niamh, pronounced Ny Am Huh!

In Ireland I've heard this pronounced very similar to shee an and shee-arn. If I remember rightly. But definitely the 'shee' sound first

But Sian is a Welsh name so the Irish pronunciation is still wrong?

I have a niece who is called Sian. Pronounced Sharn. If parents don't know how to pronounce the name properly then don't use it.

My friend has an aunty Nita. She once told me that her full name was pronounced Ju-ann-nita. She wrote it down for me as I said I hadn't heard that name before. Yes it was Juanita!

I have a distant family member called Sean, rhymes with Ian. He hates it when people call him Shaun.

I have however, met a Niamh, pronounced Ny Am Huh!

That is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in a long time. Her parents are twats.

Oh god, how embarrassing for all those kids with parents who pronounced their names wrong.

I mean, I have an unusual name, you get grief occasionally but it's basically just a good filter for assholes - it's not like I named myself, and it's just a name.

But having an unusual name that you pronounced wrong would be actually humiliating, like carrying around a business card that said "my parents are idiots, and I wish to follow in their footsteps". I think I would start pronouncing my own name correctly, or change it!!

I too have met a Niamh pronounced Knee-yum...the worst thing was he was a boy. His mum has seen it written down, like the name and used it

Ha, my name is Sian pronounced see-ann : )

I am a Sian (see-ann) 😅

The name is Siân, and is approximately Sharn (non-rhotic r)
Without the accent it would be Shan (like the Shan in Shannon)
It's the Welsh form of Jane

Siwan can be SHOO-ann, or (nearly) SI-wann (si like in six) (nearly because the w is in the 1st syllable not the 2nd)
It's the Welsh form of Joan/Joanna

Sioned is SHON-ed
It's the Welsh form of Janet

@mrstowers
If parents don't know how to pronounce the name properly then don't use it.

I think that but it's not a popular opinion on here.
I don't like Dylan said as Dillun etc.

With Siân, it was made popular outside Wales probably by Siân Phillips, but Dylan was made popular by Bob Dylan.

Look at how the Kate-lyn pronunciation is now used for Caitlín.

My middle name is Sian and it's definitely Shahn. I spell mine like this though if that makes a difference - Siân

@Flopsy145 , people on here use 'ah' to indicate a like in cat. I think you mean ah as in 'ah, I see' or something.

@KirstenBlest ah ok yes you're right, so I guess Sharn is a better example of how I say it!

It's a pretty name but I don't like it said in an english (ok, yah-ish) accent