Would you know how to pronounce Kanaye?

[LittleDoYouKnow]

Thanks :)

Kanaye = NoUKant

Are you going to tell us how it's pronounced?

Are you trying to not use Kanye (as in west)?

I'd say Cuh-na-yeh. It's nice but unfortunately Mr West has spoiled it for you

Can-eye-ee?

No. I could have a couple of guesses, but I would definitely not be sure.

Can ay?

No. I'd plump for "Can - I"? Are you going to put us out of our misery?

K'n- ay- uh.

Can-eye-ay

Oh sorry!! Koala is right. Nope, not trying to avoid Kanye we are Japanese and trying to find a name haha. We have a Sam... Which is very well known here but we couldn't find any other names we liked but do like this one but it seems like it would just be too difficult.

I didn't immediately recognise this as a Japanese name. If I had, that probably would have helped me tackle the pronunciation.

But just seeing it written down, my first thought was Kanye West. So I'd have guessed Kan-ah-ye, like Kayne but with a longer sound in the middle.

Other ideas

Kyo
Yoshi
Ryuu
Toru (love this name)

can aye

can aye

Nope, sorry! How about Matsuro, Mat for short?

No idea on this one. Sorry.

I guessed Kan-eye-a. Then googled and it was Kan-eye and is Japanese which surprised me because I thought it would be African/Jamaican in origin.

I like it but you will get lots of weird and wonderful attempts at saying it as this thread shows.

I guessed Ker-nye-uh with emphasis on second syllable.

I like the look of it - I like K names and people will get used to it the more they use it. Might have a problem with strangers the first time they see it.

If you like it, use it. You'll only have to tell most people once. Working in a school I have encountered so many names that are new to me. I just ask. I have been known to stick a phonetic post it in the register for a few days to help me along!

the guy who dates a Kardashian, yes? He's a Kanaye ("Can-yay") I thought.

If you like the name, use it. Tell people how it's pronounced. Don't choose a name to pander to those few people who have a mental block when it come to 'forrin' names. They should never be pandered to.

No idea but it makes me think of Kanye West

Kan-ay-ah?

If you like it go with it.
My kids go to a school that is very multicultural with lots of names I can't spell or pronounce until I am told how. Then I know!
It won't be a problem.
If everyone worried about this there would be very few Irish names used surely.

Out of context, I wouldn't have known how to say it.

But I can pronounce a fair few Japanese names and think I'd get it right now I know that's the origin.

Will the DC's surname be Japanese too? Because then people will generally come across it in context and there might me more who say it correctly. And of course people who actually know your DC will learn how to pronounce it.

But, you'll probably have to tell an awful lot of people when you first meet them. And the DC will have to learn to listen out for likely mispronunciation (eg in waiting rooms or anywhere else you might be called formward by name). Then again, lots of people with names from areas other than Western Europe manage those things.

kan - ay ???

If it's pron Kan- eye could you not spell it Kanae in English?