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suzettenoisette · 21/04/2023 15:31

I heard it on the bus the other day and thought it was really pretty.

Sounded like: lay-UHN

lay as in "May, pay, bay, Kayleigh etc.". It wasn't Leanne.

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newrubylane · 21/04/2023 15:34

Sounds a bit like Léon pronounced the French way, but you saying 'not Leanne's makes me think it was a girl's name?

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FlutterbButterfly · 21/04/2023 15:50

There is Layan of Arabic origin? I thi know that's pronounced - lay- an rather than un.

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suzettenoisette · 21/04/2023 16:03

FlutterbButterfly · 21/04/2023 15:50

There is Layan of Arabic origin? I thi know that's pronounced - lay- an rather than un.

Thanks, that might be the one! But the second syllable was more uhn or ahn not like Anne/Ann.

Yes, a woman.

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user1492757084 · 22/04/2023 06:58

Could it have been Leyah Ann?
Leyah - a variant of Leah and Ann, pronounced Ahn.
Or Leah Anne - all pronounced with an accent?