What is THE pronunciation of Anaïs?

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I’ve heard:
Anay
Anayse / Anayze
An-eye-eez
An-ice

Feeling vv confused - pls help!

I would say Anay

An eye eese I think, they have one in the terrible cartoon Gumball. Lovely name.

I thought it was An-ee-sis

An-eye-ees

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kB_rQvROA6A

I would pronounce it A-nay

An eye ees

An- yayse (yayse rhymes with chase)

An ey iss

I’ve only heard it pronounced as An-eye-ees

My French exchange penfriend gave me a lecture on how to pronounce it many years ago (I wore the perfume). She said it was an-ay-se.

An aye ees (or An eye ees, depending on your accent!)

You pronounce the s because of the trema (double dot accent), which means you pronounce the 'i' distinctly from the 'a' preceding it.

It's like naïve, you say the sounds separately (nai-eve not nive) - An-ai-ees

Anne-eye-ees

I’m sure someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but if you use the Diaeresis (dots) over the i, I think it means you pronounce the i separately from the vowel next to it (like Chloe is Chlo-ee) so spelt like that, I would say Ann- I - ees with a hard “I”

I always thought it was an-eye-ees too , had a girl introduced to me as an-nay (thought her name was Annie for a few days 🙄) so I'm glad to read more people agreeing with 'my' way!

It is definitely Ann -I -ees

I thought it was A-nay

You are right, Bablo.

An-ey-ees

Definitely not Anay.

It’s An-eye-eess. Anay is Brits trying to be clever with the s on the end and ignoring the dots above the i

An-eye-ees

There was an advert for the perfume back in the 80s which pronounced it Anay (perfume was 'Anay Anay'). I think that contributed to a lot of mixed pronunciation. Personally I think it's Ann-eye-ees, as someone else said, a bit like naive.

An-eye- ees - with a strong final 's' like fleece not flea.