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is siani pronounced ...

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nappyaddict · 22/02/2008 16:43

sharn-ee or sharn-ah?

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goingfor3 · 22/02/2008 16:44

My guess would be sharn-ee.

Blandmum · 22/02/2008 16:48

Shah ni

Why?

Lulumama · 22/02/2008 16:49

are you pregnant?

seeker · 22/02/2008 16:51

It's pronounced Sharnee and it means bright or shining one in Romany. Or at least it did in the Monica Edwards book I read 35 years ago when it was the name of a particularly magnificent horse!

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RustyBear · 22/02/2008 16:53

Seeker - I was going to quote The Summer of the Great Secret too!

Spidermama · 22/02/2008 16:56

Very nice name. I haven't heard it before.

nappyaddict · 22/02/2008 16:57

lulumama - no, not pregnant. just saw it somewhere and wondered how it was pronounced.

seeker - haven't heard back from anyone yet.

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Lulumama · 22/02/2008 16:58

sorry, just being nosy as you've had a couple of baby name threads !

Blandmum · 22/02/2008 17:00

It is also a Welsh girls' name

wahwah · 24/02/2008 20:36

In Welsh it's a pet form of Jane and pronounced Shar-nee.

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wahwah · 26/02/2008 19:15

Yes, it hasn't got an 'r' in it, just wanted to convey that it wasn't like sha in shat! Thanks for pointing it out - my middle name is Sian and I was cursed with sy-an, then finally the UK woke up to Welsh. Still can't work out how to put the 'tor' over the 'a' -like a circumflex, but indicates that the 'a' is long...

nappyaddict · 26/02/2008 23:28

now i'm confused lol.

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