ASA - how would pronounce this name?

[lostinmusic123]

Love this name for a boy.

Are we going to get lots of "Azza" and "Ass-a" pronouncing?

Au - sah

Ay-sa and Ace-a and Acer are all pronounced the same to me. So any of those!

Never heard of it. Would assume Asser (as pp said like NASA).

I wouldn’t be sure though, it doesn’t look like a name to me somehow, somehow incomplete looking. There is a tree called an Acer, so you could use that for less confusion, as it is pronounced Ay-sa

swedish?

then it's written with an Å (often list in translation and pronounced Oh-sah

Acer and Ay-sa are pronounced exactly the same in my southern ‘ rp’ accent. We don’t do a hard or rolling r (unlike Bristol or Americans).

I know an Asa. Definitely ay-sah.

Ay-sa in England. Ass-a in Wales.

Like Caleb, which is Cay-leb in England, but with a as in apple in Wales.

Tha Acer spelling would cause more confusion!

Anyone with a rhotic accent would pronounce the r.
Ay-sa and Acer are definitely not the same in my rhotic accent.

Ay-sa

I would assume Ass-a.

It’s a nice name, I wouldn’t let it put you off. Clearly plenty of people do know how it’s pronounced and hopefully most of the rest of us are decent enough to take on the pronunciation once corrected.

Can’t say I’ve heard of the famous people being listed here. Or at least I’ve not heard their name and seen it written and linked the two!

Sorry I actually laughed out loud at this. English may have pronunciation rules, but they are thoroughly ignored and run roughshod over in virtually every sentence!

Ay sa
Like Ava with an S

Ay-Sah

Came to say exactly this. But surely Asa Butterfield is famous enough so when people hear / see this name, they would copy how his name is said?

I'm from Yorkshire and would've said Ass-uh! Not keen on it...

I've heard of him (just about) but have only ever seen his name written which doesn't exactly help...

Ass-a

Never heard it so ass-a but I generally only need telling once the correct pronunciation

Ay-sa has even stress on both syllables.

Ace-a/Acer has a stronger stress on the “Ace” bit that than “a”.

To my ear anyway.

Ditto!

Definitely Aysa

I'd guess Ah-Sah. Ace-a-spades is hilarious 😄

I thought Ass-a.

Not sure where people are getting r's from in a name with two letters!

Ace-a.

Those saying Assa, why? They aren't two Ss

You need to think of how a person with an accent like Cockney or Surrey would say “Acer”. The “r” is silent but it makes the vowel a sort of “ah” sound.

It’s not the best way to denote pronunciation because it confuses people who roll their “r”s (aka rhotic speakers) but it’s a common way of trying to explain on boards where a lot of people have a non-rhotic accent. I’m rhotic but used to it now.

Acer