Anastasia Pronunciation

[Snoopy90]

I'm really considering Anastasia as name for second daughter.

I thought it was pronounced ana-stay-see-a

But I've been hearing Ana-stay-ja/sha (end bit sounds like Asia)

I prefer first pronunciation. Do you think people would stick to it at school etc if told how to pronounce it or do you think she would get called by second one?

Thanks!

Yes it pronounced ana-stay-see-a but if you say it quickly it becomes ana stay sha. It effectively loses a syllable.

Probably how Asia went from A see a to A sha.

What @Lavenderblues said!

I've always pronounced it Anna-star-sia after many tv programmes on the last Tsar.

It can be pronounced stay or star.

It’s also pronounced anasta SEE a.

I'd say anna-stah-see-ah!

I would agree with Lavender

I think most British people would pronounce it Ana-st-Asia at first glance but would get the hang of it quickly enough. Anna-Stascia is much nicer!

(I've known a Stascia my entire life and didn't realise until she was 25 that her name was actually Anastasia!)

Oh sorry just figures out how it want people to pronounce it! Still think people would go with what you tell them

I think it's meant to be Anna-stass-ee-ah is it not? In Russian I mean.

I would always check with the parents / the Anastasia though as I have also heard it pronounced anna-stay-jah and Anna-stay-zee-ah.

Ah/na/sta/see-ia is the Russian
An/a/stay/ja is the English

@Fatkins it’s definitely a c sound but when you say it really quickly it will sound like a z to foreigners.

I'd say Anna Stayzha.

Surely the end is Anna Stays ye ah
as it has two vowels, 'when two vowels go walking the first does the talking'

anna-STAY-zee-a.

I’d say -Asia

Just to be clear, it's not originally a Russian name. It's a Greek name, meaning resurrection.