Am I pronouncing this name correctly?

[Maybree]

Our daughter is due on December 6th and we’ve decided to name her Alana. We will pronounce the name “Ah-lar-na”. I haven’t come across many people with this name so I just wanted to check.

I loved this name as a child. After watching the girl from tomorrow I really wanted a daughter called Alana.

I'd say a-larn-a

😄 people with rhotic accents definitely should try to pronounce this as Al-ar-na. It's Alana, with the stress on the second syllable.

The "r" doesn't work to elongate the "a" for us rhotic speakers, if that's what is meant by the "r" in there.

I would pronounce it A-laah-na (long/broad "a"), but I'm American; that's how all of the Alanas I know (about 4 of them) pronounce it.

I think this is confusing for Rhotic speakers as we will pronounce the R so it would be lar with a hard R at the end which I doubt it how it's meant to be! Unless you're a pirate

People with rhotic accents? Does that mean common people?

Mebbe posh people should try to say it proper instead like

OP you will meet a good few people who don’t pronounce it your preferred way. Be prepared for that, and if it will really press your buttons then maybe use it as a middle name instead.

There's no R sound in Alana!

It's simply A lan a. As it's written.

Never heard it with 'lar' in the middle

Me neither

I only know one and she is Al-ar-na

It’s be pronounced how you plan to here too.

A-Lana

A friend with this name is Alan-a like the boys name with an a on the end

I’ve known lots... various spellings, but it’s always been a short a and rhymes with Anna.

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My friends wee girl is Alana, pronounced Ah-lan-a, ie as it is spelled. Why add in an -r sound?

But in my accent (London) of you say it as its spelt it would be- Ay-lan-a rather than Ah-lan-a.

I'm a teacher and it is usually pronounced as the OP intends but I have also heard it as Ay-lan-a.

It was really popular where we used to live, we've moved now and I don't know so many, but I think people would pronounce it as you've suggested.

My kingdom for MN to have an audio feature for pronunciation posts, particularly where “ar” vs “but there’s no R?”, rhotic vs non-rhotic words come into play.

Although I'd say OPs pronunciation is more lik- A-Lah-nah

There's no r so why would you add one?

Ah larna

I know quite a few Alanas (and variations thereof). NONE have an ‘r’ sound in it.

It's a lovely name, the only person I knew called Alana pronounced it uh-larn-uh. Unfortunately she was teased for what it spells backwords...

In Ireland it's pronounced a-lanna. However it seems to be more common outside Ireland, and the A-lah-na form is accepted there.

A as in apple
Lah as in a note to follow sew
Na as in napple.

Alana

To all those worried about the "r", it would be one of those English ones that sounds like "h".

I’ve met two Alanas and they’ve both pronounced it your way.

It’s an accent / regional thing as my Scottish husband would pronounce it that other way.

I'd say A-lah-na. The ones I've known have always pronounced it like that.
Banana - there's no 'r' in it, but we don't say ba-na-na, we say ba-nar-na.

I know an Alana ,pronounced Al-anna.
Not sure if the different pronunciations are regional.