Name pronouncation

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Hi all, my husband and I are trying to decide on a name. We like Lianna, but were wondering how most people would pronounce it...

Thank you all! We considered spelling it Leanna but husband doesn't like it that way as it's too similar to Leanne..

Leanna makes more sense I think, though I would probably say either spelling the same way Lee-anna.

I would pronounce Lianna as Lee-ar-na

If you were after Lee-anna, I would spell it leanna or Leighanna

I would have said Lee-arna too, although agree that's probably not correct logically.

It is similar to Leanne!

As SCV says, if you want Lee-anna, spell it Lianna. If you want Liahna spell it Liana.

The posters saying Liarna, do you actually mean you would insert an R, or that the A would be long? Like an "ah"?

(curious linguist asking)

As others have said lee-Anna with 2 n's or lee-ar-na with one

Lee-anna

I had a friend in school called lianna and that's how she pronounced it

Lee-ah-na and Lee-anna sound exactly the same to me.

Vintage I'd probably pronounce it with a long -ahh sound rather than an -r actually. With a -na sound on the end. I know nothing about linguistics at all, but have a slightly posh, standard English accent.

Op I'd pronounce it however the person introduced themselves to me!

Lianna = lee - anna

Liarna = lee - arna

Ah, Are and R (the letter) sound the same in non rhotic accents.

The R doesn't come from anywhere is just making it clear that's how that person would pronounce it.

Like Banana vs banana (ba-na-an vs ba-nar-nar)

Obviously that should have read ba-na-na

And ex-colleague of mine was Le-ah-na but she was Liana with only one n.

Lee-anna

I would have thought Lianna would be pronounced Leanna until I watched love island () and there was one on there pronounced Lee ar na

Lee anna.

Very confused by the random r. Surely you mean aaah

I much prefer the Leanna spelling. It looks a bit try hard / made up otherwise.

Lee-Anna, how do you pronounce it.

Leanna - short a 'lee Anna'
Leana - long a 'lee- ahna

I like this name and like the look of the spelling Lyanna, however worried that would get Lie-anna pronunciation :/ will it really matter if you/she have to correct people?

Lyanna does look like Lie-anna tbh...she would be correcting people all the time.