How would you pronounce this name?

[Daydreamer77]

How would you pronounce the name Zaria?

Is it obvious that it's supposed to be pronounced zar-ree-ah?

Thanks in advance

You need to show where the stress goes. That’s what makes the main difference. Is it ZAH-ree-ah or Zah-REE-ah? ZAH-rye-ah or Zah-RYE-ah? ZA-ree-ah? Etc

Id go ZAH-ree-ah

I’d go ZAAH-ri-ah on first guess

to rhyme with Aria and Daria
but not to rhyme with Maria (pronounced in any of the usual ways)

But if I was told I was wrong and asked to pronounce it differently, I would of course. My assumptions aren’t strongly held.

I would pronounce it to rhyme with Aria/Daria.

ZAH-ree-ah.

I would say zar - REE - ah as my first guess. If someone corrected me to ZAR - ria then I'd remember that and find it a sensible pronunciation.

I think the confusion comes along with the different pronunciations of Maria. In English it is like the Marie in Ann-Marie where as in Arabic/Urdu it's MAR-eea.

I'd pronounce Zahria to rhyme with the the Arabic/Urdu type of Maria.

@Pigriver , it's not an arabic/urdu name.

Maria, isn't an arabic/urdu name. I know a Maria who is British-Pakistani and she says her name as Mar-ee-a

I know a Zariah and she says it to rhyme with Josiah. Za ry ah

Otherwise if I saw Zaria I’d say Zah ree uh but wonder if it was Za ree uh

I would rhyme it with Maria.

Oh by that I mean the way it tends to be pronounced in England here. So not Zariyah but the other way if that makes sense.