What is the best way to spell this name?

[Ash85sam]

Hello, I want to name my baby girl Dhyana.

It is pronounced as shown in the two videos below.

Pronunciation 1:

Sorry it got posted before I could complete the post.

Pronunciation 1:

Pronunciation 2 :

What is the best way to spell this name so that people will not confuse it with Diana? I am worried that people will read her name as Diana if I use the spelling Dhyana.

Thank you in advance

I've never heard of the name until this thread, of course I have heard Diana.

From reading this I pronounced it naturally as the first video.

Beautiful name by the way

Where is it from?
The first pronunciation is very common in Spanish speaking countries. I really really don’t like Dee-ahhhhhhh-naaaahhhhrr though, like the second pronunciation

I know two Romanian Diana’s - one adult, one child - who pronounce their name this way. It was very easy to pick up.

I’m hearing two very different pronunciations there.
The first being thee-AHN-na
The second being Dhee-ahhh-naaa.

The first is nicer to my ear and I would stick with the dhyānā spelling. I wouldn’t look at that and think it was Diana, particularly with the accents.

It sounds like the Italian way of pronouncing our British Diana.
'i' in Italian is pronounced 'ee'.
If you're not happy with people pronouncing the name as it's spelt, then you could go for 'Deyahna'
My name is French. I'm not French. Neither am I British. So my name is pronounced the way my parents pronounce it. Think 'Du-wayne' vs 'Derran' vs. 'Dovayne' vs 'Doven'.
I let people pronounce it as they will.

As read I’d have pronounced it Diana, sorry.

There's not much point in me saying my name, as people pronounce it in their own accents anyway.

Ds has a name not spelt in the typical way. It's always misspelt. Apart from close family and his teachers, everyone spells it the more typical way.

I'd use Dhyana. Lovely name.

Simple answer- you won't. People will pronounce it Diana, if in UK and you can correct them and hope they start using the pronunciation you want- but you'll spend a lot of time correcting people as it's not a typically brutish name.

I read it as Diana too.

Hi, where will your baby grow up?

If in the UK I would definitely suggest the Diana spelling. Your baby will really appreciate it.

She can pronounce it how she likes, but the Diana spelling will make life easier for her.

Spell it phonetically, Deeanna.

@MiniGuinness this name is Sanskrit and is from South Asia, where most languages are based on Sanskrit. It means meditation.

I agree with pp. That will be a difficult name in the UK if you want to avoid Diana.

Apparently the correct spelling is ध्यान. Go for that. English people will love you for it.

Thank you @Rezaminelli

@OwlBeThere thank you for your input

@DoTheHop thank you. I was considering the alternative spelling Dheyana. The truest sound to this name is the-Yana, so it's really hard to see where it fits.

@sashh thank you. It means meditation and we love it too.

@miahadalittlelamb thank you fir your comment. She will grow up in US.

I know a Dayana, who has a pronunciation close to the first video.

@lljkk lol I think that's Hindi language. This name is Sanskrit and is based on Buddhism and Hinduism as the word means meditation. I have South Asian roots (not Indian) so I want a Sanskrit baby name.

Dheyana will be best Imo.