How would you pronounce

[Shasha17]

Mariana?

This name is on my list, as an honor name to someone who pronounces it like "Marry-Anna". I adore this pronunciation and also this spelling.

I have seen that some people would pronounce this "Marry-arna" which I don´t especially like.

(Just a thought: I also pronounce Ariana like "Arry-Anna" - do some people say "Arry-arna?"

I would pronounce it Marry Arna. I'm on the south coast of England so this may be a regional thing?

I’d automatically think Marry-arna tbh, but then I’ve never actually met anyone with that name so I’d be happy to be corrected - not like some names where someone decides an alternative pronounciation and it goes against the standard

Marry ah na. Ah like the sound in father. I'd say Ariana in the same way. Marianna I'd use the short a sound that you like.

Side note, I think you'll get a lot of comments from people with rhotic accents not understanding what you mean by Marry-arna.

Marry arna

A thought, if you spelled it Marianna, I’d pronounce it the way you’re thinking because I’d read the second part as ‘Anna’

Long "a", like the islands.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Islands

Marry Arna
And yes I would say Ari Arna
Essex

I'd say Marry Anna

Marry-arna like the trench
Think you'd have to change the spelling if you wanted it pronounced differently

Could you maybe spell it Marrianna?

Marry Anna

Is it regional, though? I'm from the North and say grass, rather than Grarse.

Marry Anna and arry-anna

In my world:
Mariana would be marry-arna
Marianna would be marry-anna

Marry arna too

Mary arna and Ari arna. Sorry!

South west Scotland here….definitely Marry-Anna (I know a few Marry-Anne’s) and isn’t it Arry-Anna? Like Arianna Grande?

@521Jeanie

In my world: Mariana would be marry-arna Marianna would be marry-anna

Actually this. Spell it Marianna and it had the sound you want.

I’ve never heard either name pronounced differently, sorry.

Marry Anna

Beautiful name btw!

Marry - Anna. London.
I link it strongly to Marianne and also see it as Italian (?) so the Anna is just instinctive.
I pronounce Eliana as Elly-ah-na (not Anna) due to knowing one who pronounced it this way.

I would say Mari arna and Ari arna

But if you used a double nn so Marianna

I would say Mari anna

Scottish also, and have several Marianas in my family, all marry (like "will you marry me?") + AH-na or +AWN-ah (like the name Anna, but slightly shortened). Also similar to Marian with an added -a, but with the stress on the next to last syllable instead of the first. If I heard marry-AR-na, I'd just assume it was someone with a strong regional English accent.

There's a thread here on Alana(h)/Alanna(h) which covers some of the same ground: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/4376565-Am-I-pronouncing-this-name-correctly?messages=100.

OP has a non-rhotic accent. Just putting it out there before the fifty-odd "but WHY is there an R there?" posters appear.

I agree with pps in that ariana would have a long A sound, and Marianna a short one. However, as it's an honour name for someone who pronounces it anna, I would stick to the same spelling and just correct people who get the pronunciation wrong. Most people will only need telling once.

I agree entirely with IV down to anticipating the "but there's no r in it" posts.

I know one and she pronounces it marry ahh nuh but if you tell people how to say it, they'll remember.

Marry -arna if it was spelt Mariana.

Marry- anna if it was Marianna