I love a baby name but worried about mispronunciation

[MsSnow]

I love the girls names Georgiana
pronounced George - ee - ar - nah
I know a lot of people say George - Jay - Nah due to the film with Keira Knightly. I know some people believe this the true pronunciation and others say it was an affection nickname used by very few and one being the Duchess.
I only like the first pronunciation (like in bbc pride & prejudice)
I know there is no other way I can spell it.
What do you think? Do you think it would get often mispronounced or not? Does it matter? Curious what thoughts are.
My other name i’m considering is Eliana.
thanks!

What a cute nn.

Georgiana isn’t the same as Georgie-Anna. That would be Georgianna. Names that’s end in Ana have a different pronunciation to Anna.

Giovanna is nice

No they don't.
Anna and Ana are the same.

No they’re not.

Anna = Ann-a

Ana = Arn-a

I'd pronounce it like you OP and I love it. Go for it. I have a name that everyone mispronounces but I wouldn't change it. The people who matter get it right.

Also - for the naysayers. Lana is pronounced larna not lanna. It's like that. Fairly common in English pronunciation for a double n to be needed to turn a long vowel sound into a short vowel sound.

Or a double consonant I should say.

No. They’re very different:
Anna - Ann-a
Ana- Ah-na.

I don't understand people writing ar when they wouldn't say it like the word "are" & actually mean a sound close to the word "awe"

I think.

Because Putting an R into the name Georgianna doesn't sound nice to my ears. I don't think people are writing R and actually wanting an R sound.

Does it? Can someone explain where the r comes from? There's not an r in the name.

I'd pronounce it George- ee-anna, like others have said. I'm Scottish and I've never heard it with an r. Is this regional do you think? We're very fond of our rs up here, so I'd have thought we'd put one in if others do!😆

I didn't see your post!!

Ar and are sound the same in my accent; awe sounds very different.

I get it now. People are writing Ar when they would pronounce it Ah

Ar and are sound the same in my accent; awe sounds very different I agree with this. I thought OP was thinking George- ee- are- nah which is just plain weird.

It's like another thread where many English accents don't pronounce the R in Orla, saying Owla instead. Irish and Scots say Orla/ Oarla which is correct.

Similarly many folk say awe and oar the same way, whereas in my Scottish accent they are VERY different. Interesting.

I have a friend called Georgiana, pronounced the way you like. I've always thought it was a beautiful name.

It doesn't get shortened, people just call her by her name

And all of a sudden we are having an discussion based on Rhoticity. I knew as soon as I read that stray R in the opening post that this is how it would end up.

I am Rhotic so ana & anna sound the same. Georgie-anna and Georgy-ah-na sound exactly the same when I say it.

We will never circle the square that is the difference in regional pronunciation in UK English. Unless the OP is moving to a different part of the UK she needn't worry about this particular pronunciation peculiar.ity

Ar and are sound the same in my accent; awe sounds very different I agree with this. I thought OP was thinking George- ee- are- nah which is just plain weird.

See, in my accent George-ee-ah-nah sounds the sounds the same as George-ee-are-nah and George-ee-ar-nah, so not at all weird to me. Accents are funny things.

I have a rhotic accent, but for me Anna and Ana sound different. It was only after Frozen came out that I realised some people say Anna as Ana. Anna is Anne-a whereas Ana is Ah-na.

I would also pronounce it as it’s written in your preferred way. But much depends on how she uses it and how you bring her up, so if you bring her up as Georgiana then she will be known as that as that’s how she will introduce herself,, she will be used to it. If you bring her up as George or Georgie then that’s likely how she will introduce herself.

but kids ar school will likely shorten it and friends.

I guess jor-jee-ah-na makes the most sense to me personally. So that's how I'd theoretically say it.

But I have met two Georgianas in my life and they both said it jor-jah-na. And when I say jor-jee-ah-na quickly it does sort of come out as jor-jah-na.

So jor-jah-na is how I would say it.

jor-jay-na makes sense to me as well because I guess long ago the -ana part was said ay-na instead of ah-na or ann-a and then it was jor-jee-ay-na and when said quickly became jor-jay-na. So that is probably where that comes from.

jor-jann-a and jor-jee-ann-a make sense too.

As it is not a common name people will get used to your pronunciation. I wouldn't worry about it. It's not like you are naming her Emily and insisting on ee-mee-lee or something.

I would never confuse Georgiana with Georgina because Georgiana looks so much longer to me even though you really only add a letter it seems like a completely different name.

I would pronounce it the way you prefer. I'd be surprised if others say it differently.

Both really lovely names. Please use the one you like the most and as long as the spelling makes sense phonetically I wouldn't worry.

No idea what the name was in the film but your choice of name and spelling should never lead to it being pronounced "George - Ayna". (The name Georgina, without the additional A, is usually pronounced George - Eena and I have a relative with that name).

Yo/your child may get "Georgie - Anna" rather than "Georgie - Ahna" though, so if you are prepared to deal with that, then use it. Everyone seems to get their name shortened (or if short, lengthened, or just changed into a different nickname completely) during school but as an older child and adult, and in the family, be assured that many people can and do use their full name, even if it is 3+ syllables long.

It's a lovely name and also one that your child, themselves, can choose to shorten if they want to, and it has lots of nice shorter forms. Note as the parent, this may or may not be the short form that you choose for them when they are little (if you do). And that's okay.

Hey :) the Ana at the end of the name is pronounced similar to Lana with the L, not like Anna. Maybe Ah-na or Aw-nah explain it better I’m not sure. It’s not pronounced like Georgie-Anna though.

The name I like isn’t Georgianna it’s Georgiana with 1 n, it’s pronounced differently to Georgie-Anna

Yes exactly like this :) thank you!