How do you pronounce Anya?

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Just wondering.

More like ahn-ya, awn-ya, ann-ya?

do you like it?

Ann-ya. I've only heard it said that way.

I previously worked with an Anya who pronounced her name Ann-ya. But, she had a boss from Belfast who pronounced it On-ya. I think she pronounced it the Gaelic way - which is spelt Áine I think.

@PauliesWalnuts , Aine is a different name and it is Gaeilge.

Ann-ya

Ann-ya.

Not keen, I have to say.

Ann ya

@EdwardianDream I know a lovely Anja as well. I used to work with someone who pronounced Ahn-ya. Not sure how she spelt it.

I would say Ann-ya but have heard it as On-ya in the US and I think from people with Russian (?) backgrounds so would happily be corrected to that. I'd see it as being like Esme or Helena with multiple correct pronunciations.

I've only ever heard it pronounced as Ann-ya, even in the south. I quite like it, although it wasn't on my shortlist.

Ann-ya but with the stress on the first syllable not the second.

Ahn-ya/On-ya

Last one but no I don't like it I knew 2 who were both awful (grew up in Scandinavia where it was fairly common where I grew up)

Ann-ya , with more emphasis on the "Ann" part.

It is nice for people who have mixed heritage, or Scandinavians / Germans etc who will be living in English speaking countires.

Anne ya

Ann ya

Arn ya I really like it, like the Ann ya pronunciation too though.

Ann-ya, Ahhh-ya would be aíne with the accent on the I

It's definitely An-ya

If you live in south london it'll be an-yaaaarrrrt

Only ever heard Ann-ya.
The Arn-ya spelling is nothing to do with Frozen. Her name is Anna pronounced Are-na.

I don't mind it. I prefer Anna though.

@ReadtheReviews the frumpy one in Buffy? Anya was definitely not frumpy! Do you mean Tara?

*misses point of thread

In my community, I've only heard ANN-ya. I'm pretty sure that's correct in Russian (unless you're American and your "Ann" sounds more like "Enn").
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Awn-ya is more likely to be the Irish name Áine.

Posting again because I can't edit: It really depends on how you pronounce yours As. The Russian A in the audio examples sounds almost exactly the way I would pronounce the A sounds in my Irish accent. Some accents give A more of a nasal "eh" quality which isn't the same sound.

Anya is a short for Anna in Russian, and yes, It is pronounced as Ahn-ya (Not Eh-nya). Similar to Anja in German/Scandinavia

Russian Anya is more like Ahn-ya.

I would also say that in Russian it's ahn-ya.

By ann-ya I meant like in Ann, Anne, Annie.