Áine (Irish - pronounced onya)

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Yes or no... obviously no one will read it correctly..: but I love it

not for my hypothetical last chance baby number3 that I might not even have

I don't love it.

Reminds me of onions. And those Áine agus Ronán readers in primary school.

It’s awn-ya not onya, but I really love it 😊

I like it but pronounce it awn-ya.

Where do you live? If you Ireland I can't see a problem.

If you dont, chances are the child will spend a life time spelling and correcting pronunciation. It's a pain.

I have a double barrelled first name. One is Irish. I was born in Ireland so no real problem. Expect we moved country a few times and I have always had to correct people. It's very very annoying.

I think it's beautiful. Just make sure the surname isn't slang for male genitalia (Johnson, Peters, etc)

I’m so confused seeing people say awn-ya and onya are different pronunciations… in my accent they are the same. Nice enough name but there are other traditional Irish names that I prefer.

Lovely name,but it is very common in Ireland these days.

I thought it was pronounced awn-ya too. I'm not a massive fan of it to be honest, it's a bit harsh or something.

Im watching This Way Up tonight and they definitely say onya. I know a child who it is pronounced as I would say it as awn ya

That’s my Irish MIL’s name and she pronounces it awn-ya. It’s a lovely name but she is in Ireland so not sure if people would struggle with it elsewhere.

I love it. But very few people in England or Scotland know how to pronounce it

I dont like the "awn" sound, and when I see it written down I think "groin".

I was at school with an Aine and I never remember any problems (England).

That was my maths tutors name when I was a teenager, I always thought it was a nice name 👍🏼

How is awn-ya a different sound than on-ya? Slightly longer vowel maybe.

In England yes

Irish surname

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How is awn-ya a different sound than on-ya? Slightly longer vowel maybe.

Your mouth makes a completely different shape. It sounds very different.

It's all accent dependent.,

I'm an Áine! It is pronounced Awnya not Onya, and very few English people pronounce it properly. Lived in England for years and got called all-sorts. It's fairly popular in Ireland now - certainly more popular that it was when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's, but it is not mega common. It's a nice name to have and I always found it a good conversation starter when I lived in England. The most teasing I would get would be "Onya bike" or "got any fags Onya", which I always thought were a bit daft because it isn't even pronounced like that.

I love it and think it's a really nice name it's also satisfying to say.

But I do feel it's very close to Gráinne though which just sounds like groin which makes me like it a bit less.

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How is awn-ya a different sound than on-ya? Slightly longer vowel maybe.

This is my dentists name (in England), pronounced "ahh-nya".

I like it

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How is awn-ya a different sound than on-ya? Slightly longer vowel maybe.

Awn-ya like awning not On-ya on On-yer-bike

Gráinne is the worst. The hint of groin and the fact it's almost the same as the Irish word for ugly.

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How is awn-ya a different sound than on-ya? Slightly longer vowel maybe.

It's like how Dawn and Don are pronounced differently.