Ianthe how would you pronounce it?

[Elizalou01]

People have said Xanthe is too hard for people to get their heads round.

So DH suggested Ianthe but now it seems it can be pronounced several ways

I would say I-anthe but I've seen ee-anthe?

I'm sure none are like the Greek original

Does anyone have a Xanthe or Ianthe? Have you had any issues?

I didn't even pick that up as a name. I separated it to 'Ian the' and had to reread 3 times before I realised it was supposed to be together and was a name.

I would pronounce it eye-an-thee.

Thanks so much for your comments everyone

Never come across an Ianthe but I would have guessed at ee-anth-ee

I know it's the same as Xanthe (only because of MN) but I suspect a lot of people wouldn't

I wouldn't choose either, TBH. I have an unusual name and it's a pain to always have to spell and explain it. Don't impose that on her

Nice name, though

I'd say 'Yan-thay'

I wouldn't have known until
I met one in the past 2 years and I really like eye-an-thee

Yan-thee

I originally say it as starting with a lowercase L, so pronounced is Lan-thee.

I've never seen a Ianthe, so would say Xanthe is actually easier!

(E)e-anth-ay