Ariya or Aria? Would you pronounce them the same?

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We have decided to name our daughter Aria/Ariya but we are unsure on how we will spell it (pn A-ree-a) We prefer the sp ARIYA but are thinking people may mispronounce it? Which sp do you prefer and would you pn them bith as A-REE-A? x

I'd pronounce Aria as A-ree-a but might possibly pronounce Ariya as a-REE-a.

Ariya is unnecessarily fussy.

My first instinct was to pronounce Aria as "Ahh-re-ya" (as in an opera), and for Ariya I would guess "A-rye-a".

Arya as in Stark.

Don't like your two spellings.

I think however you spell it you'll have it pronounced Arya "AH ree a" due to Game of Thrones

I actually think Arya is much nicer.

I still think Arya might turn out to be a psycho baddie.

Wash your mouth out squoosh .

She's going to become even more badass and get some shit sorted back in Westeros. Hurry up GRRM!!!

Sorry for the hijack OP.

I'd pronounce them excactly the same: Ah-REE-ah.

I would pronounce both the same. Slightly prefer Aria spelling but both are nice

Arya is a different name and pn x

Don't count on it Bunny, I see her heading down a daaaaaaark path.......

I'd go with Aria. It just looks odd to me with a y.

I thought Arya in GoT was Ahr-ya

Arya is are-ya, Aria is a-ree-a its a different name/meaning and pronounciation x

I'd pronounce Aria in between Ahh-reeya and A-reeya.

I definitely prefer spelling Aria to Ariya.

When I read GoT I always pronounced Arya as I would Aria, but in the telly series they seem to say it both as Arry-ya and Are-ya.

Aria is actually a Persian name for a boy. (Although it sounds more like a girl's name).

Aria I'd pronounce like the Italian musical term, AH-ree-ya with the emphasis on the first syllable.

Ariya I'd probably hazard a guess and pronounce it a-REE-a with emphasis on second syllable.

Yes we would pronounce it--- a (like lower case A) not ahhh. a-ree-a. The more i think about it the more unsure and confused i am x

Aria I would pronounce like the musical term -AH-ree-uh in my accent.

Ariya I would probably pronounce like Uh-REE-yuh or Uh-REE-yah. Or possibly even ARRY-ah or ARRY-uh. Basically I wouldn't have a clue

Oh my lord i thought this was such an obvious name even if we spelt it slightly different ??Maybe its an accent thing too? Im from manchester and i would say it short and quick- a-ri-a x

Yes like arry-uh i suppose

Aria is emphasis on first syllabul.
Ariya is emphasis on second and third.
Given how you want it pronounced would go for Ariya.

Why would aria be pronounced ahhhria when it starts with just an a not ah? This confuses me too?

Because it's an Italian word.

You just need to accept that whether it seems right, this is the pronunciation that you will get at the moment with Game of Thrones being so popular. You will also have people assuming you've chosen it because of Game of Thrones.

Aria - a-ree-a
Ariya - a-rye-a

like an aria from the opera? is that a girls name? Did not know.

Aria would be Ah-ree-ya for me in terms of pronunciation.