ASA - how would pronounce this name?

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Love this name for a boy.

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

Maybe they say it as such to rhyme with NASA as that's a well known pronunciation.

Acer as in tree.
I can’t imagine many saying Asser because there is only one s.

This, like the historian Asa Briggs

@TallulahBetty Loads of 'as' words don't make an 'ay' sound...it's not intuitive. What about astronomy or aspire for example.

I would say "ace-a"

I'd pronounce it Ass ah.
I'm Irish, living in Ireland.

Assumed Ass-ah. Never seen it before, my first thought was it could be an Indian or Middle Eastern name.

Same

But they're followed by two consonants, which give the ah sound. A single consonant gives the "ay" sound to a preceding letter A. Of course there will always be the odd exception but it seems rather singular not to apply a rule because a few exceptions exist.

It doesn’t look like an English name though, so people would not instinctively apply English conventions when reading it.

Acer. Was at school with a boy with this name. That’s how he said it.

Asa Butterfield is ‘Acer’. I like it.

I prounce it somewhere between Acer and (R)azor

Not as singular as applying English language spelling and pronunciation rules to a name from another language...

Mumsnet at its finest. You are asked how you would pronounce something. You answer honestly and then you get told off for a) not knowing the bible b) not knowing the famous people with this name c) not being from Yorkshire. And then many many explanations as to why what you have said doesn’t make any sense due to language rules of a language that has many, many nonsensical exceptions.

I wouldn’t know how to say it because I am a Southern, uncultured atheist! But I would guess

Ah - Sah

I've never heard of him. Just googled and I don't recognise him at all.

Because I've got no idea how to say it and can't get aysa from it by looking. Personally it looks like an acronym and I don't see it as a word at all.

I'd pronounce it as "Azza" on the basis that I had a Polish schoolfriend whose dog was Asa (pronounced as above).

Never seen it before I'd assume Ass-a.
But I can see where the Ay-sa would come from two vowels together - the first says it's name. But I can't think of any words with a_a

I've never seen it before, either written down or heard it spoken. I would pronounce it Ay-sah. I haven't heard of the actor or footballer, and I have lived in Yorkshire all my life and wouldn't have dreamed it was a Yorkshire name either. Really like it.

I watch a lot of films and TV, I just googled Asa Butterfield and don't ever recall seeing him before either.

I thought it was pronounced "Owsa"

Asa = boys’ name prononced Acer or Ace-ǝ (Ace-uh)
Åsa = girls’ name pronounced Awsa / Aws-ǝ (Aw-suh)

Generally speaking.

….ish.

I've an Asa in my family and we only hear/heard Ay-ser. Maybe people were staying quiet until they'd heard someone else say it😂

I'm from Yorkshire and have only come across this name in a written context as far as I'm aware

I did initially have to ponder whether it's pronounced ays-ah or Ass-a.

I think it's originally a Hebrew name so not sure why so many posters are adamant that it should follow English spelling rules (which let's face it half the time don't apply anyway). It isn't instantly recognisable as an anglicised name - and there are plenty of names from other cultures that don't follow English spelling conventions.

It's a lovely name anyway OP. I don't think the potential mispronunciation is a huge issue.