Thoughts on the name Alejandra and how you would pronounce it

[KarolGFan]

Alejandra, wdyt
i pronounce it aley-han-drah or ale-han-dra
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I've always loved Spanish names and culture, and this name is particularly good in my opinion so far! Elegant, passionate yet recognisable
Thoughts Not asking if you would name a kid that, just ur opinion on the name and if you know anyone with that name

Like the Gaa Gaa song, only with dra on the end not dro. The j is a "h" sound, but a I imagine it will be pronounced as it reads by many unless you live somehwhere Spanish speaking, you'd probably get Alexandra a lot too. A bit of a weird choice unless you live in Spain/somewhere Spanish speaking or are Spanish. Don't make life difficult for your child.

I don’t think it matters because this name would almost certainly get shortened to Ali 🤷‍♀️

Oh, you're back again! It's VERY strange all the names you ask about for the book you're writing are girls names. Are there no boys in the story?

I'm really not sure what you're trying to achieve by asking other peoples opinions about all these strange names . . . .

Let us know when your book gets published ~ we will all be intrigued to read about the characters with all these Indian and Spanish names

Like Ali-jan-dre-ah, I don't think I'd use it unless I had a Spanish connection.
I wouldn't have a clue that its meant to have a ch sound in there.

Millions struggle to get loch right even if they get Bach right.

"Al-eh-CHandra" with the CH being a soft version of the CH in loch or Welsh words. A voiceless velar fricative, I believe it's called! And the R rolled. Which is why I wouldn't call a British kid with no Spanish connections Alejandra.

OP isn't having a child. She posts lots of threads asking peoples opinions on names for reasons known only to herself.

It’s Ale-ch-andra and really wanky unless you have Hispanic connections which I guess you don’t.

a bit of a throaty ‘ch’ sound not a hard K

You do realise Scottish people can make all the correct sounds in Alejandra?

I love the name but had a beloved relative called Alexandra and have married into a Spanish speaking family so am used to both pronounciations.

She said she's writing a book in her last thread!!!!

So this is all market research without declaring it? How annoying

Alla handra is how I'd say it.

Al-ay-han-drah

Id pronounce it Ally-jan-dra, saying the j.

Its up to you, theres lots of unique names where people have to correct others on pronunciation.

Whatever you like best.

Thanks for the heads up that this is market research.

Why is it ‘a bit wanky’? Because it’s a name associated with a different country? Do you think the same about names like Siobhan or Cerys or Michael?

I am not sure it is wise to choose a name that you are not sure how to pronounce.

Well it's not just the J sound, is it; in Spain the D would be softened and the R rolled too.

I think the last syllable (-dra) would actually be pronounced -jruh by English speakers. Combining that with the softened J would sound very clumsy to me.

The OP is choosing names for a fictional character for a novel she hasn’t actually started — she’s also posted on Creative Writing. So it’s in fact completely pointless her posting ‘What do you think of the name X?’ on either board, because it’s irrelevant whether anyone else likes or can pronounce any name because a real child is not involved, and because naming a fictional character needs to be done primarily to be appropriate for someone of that age, sex, background etc. A UC English octogenarian from the Home Counties isn’t going to be called Taylor-Leigh.

Another one!

It makes you look a bit Hilary Baldwin tbh.

The OP is choosing names for a fictional character for a novel she hasn’t actually started — she’s also posted on Creative Writing.
The op has started so many posts on baby name ideas or pronunciations that aren't actually for any babies.
Surely they are sounding out ideas for creative writing it would be better in the creative writing or chat boards?
The people she's writing about wont be babies!

Well, yes, exactly! Though she’s not responded to good advice she’s had on there, either. I suspect the people who start endless internet threads about names for future fictional characters just like the idea of picking out names and will never write the novel…

Definitely Alehandra but I’d find it odd if there were no links to Hispanic culture in the household.

My assumption would be Alla-handra, but not sure if that's actually right.

Seems like the OP likes start threads about girls' names. Weird but harmless.

Question for the Spanish speakers: I thought the stronger throaty h sound was for the letter "g", eg Angel, whereas "j" has a softer sound? Or does it depend on which vowel follows? Or maybe individual people stress them differently?