Girl called Einherjar?

[joystir59]

It's a n
Norse naming meaning "he who fights alone" pronounced Ane save without the s)- hair-yar.
What do you think? Looking for something strong and unusual.

Sorry, pronounced Ane (like sane, without the )-hair-yar

Without the s ffs!

Well its certainly unusual.

Not keen, sorry.

Sorry OP but I really dislike it.

If it takes three messages to explain how to say it, it's not going to work.

Really not keen. Also "He who fights alone" for a girl?

@ZadieZadie

If it takes three messages to explain how to say it, it's not going to work.

like sane

Right.

Not keen myself, I'm afraid - looks and sounds a bit clunky to me.
And will take a lot of of explaining every time some encounters it for the first time, I would guess.

It means ‘he’ so not a girl name

Don't like it. I am uk though so if you are in another country then it might be different. I don't think it looks a nice name nor sounds nice and if you are in the UK the poor kid will be forever telling people how to pronounce it - and you have proven that even doing that isn't easy!

No way. Your child will spend a lifetime spelling their name out for people and correcting their pronunciation. Why would you do that to them?

He who fights alone does not sound like a name for a girl. Even without the translation I read it as a male name.

Look at the difficulties you had trying to explain how to pronounce it. Imagine a lifetime of that you would be inflicting on your poor dd.
Anyway it's not a nice sound.

It's bad enough having to spell my ordinary English name every time because people can't spell!

Sorry thought this was a wind up- trying to pronounce it from your post title it sounded - in English - like Vagina

Dreadful.

So it’s essentially Anya but spelt differently ?

Even with the pronunciation explained I don't like it, sorry. And you will be doing that a lot!

What a gorgeous name!

Also why would you want your child to fight alone? Surely they should have people around them so they don't have to!

Enya?

I don't think it's "he", but "one".
"InNorse mythology, theeinherjar(Old Norseliterally "army of one", "those who fight alone"[1][2]) are those who have died in battle and are brought toValhallabyvalkyries. In Valhalla, the einherjar eat their fill of the nightly-resurrecting beastSæhrímnir, and valkyries bring themmead(which comes from the udder of the goatHeiðrún). The einherjar prepare daily for the events ofRagnarök, when they will advance for an immense battle at the field ofVígríðr." Wikipedia

It's a cool sounding name but are you from the region? Living there or have any connections? If not it's an odd choice.

Hormones, eh?

Buggers, aren’t they?