How would you pronounce this baby name?

[MondaysFunday]

If you saw the name Mariana written down with no context provided, how would you pronounce it? DH and I completely disagree on the pronunciation, and we both think we’re right. I reckon there’s also the possibility that we’re both wrong.

1. Mar-ee-on-ah
2. Mar-ee-ann-ah
3. Mary-on-ah
4. Mary-ann-ah

Where are you getting the ‘o’ sound from OP?

This.

None of these.

Mar-ee-ah-na

2 or Mari- ah- na

Anna doesn’t rhyme with spanner 😂

Anyway @MondaysFunday, I don’t think the choice of pronunciation is right or wrong, just different in different accents. I guess you’d choose the one that you both prefer and then everyone else will learn which pronunciation you’ve chosen.

No, as “on” and “ah” are pronounced differently.

I’d pronounce it Ma-ree-ah-na.

It does to me!

In what accents does “Anna” not rhyme with “spanner”

This is what I think too.

I knew somebody with this name and it was Mari ahna

Marry Ahna

Anna
Spanner

@NewLifter It’s because in British English, a double consonant generally shortens a vowel, so Marianna would be ‘a’ rather than ‘ah’. Mariana is ‘ah’ rather than ‘a’. So it’s the lengthening of a vowel rather than the adding of an ‘r’ (though in practical terms those things sound the same).

Obviously English always has lots of exceptions to the rule!

I’m taking it that differentiation isn’t made in Irish English?

4 - Mary-anna

Marryanna

Tell that to the multi millions of people who live in the majority of areas of England and have those regional accents! It does rhyme in all the accents where you don’t pronounce the r in spanner (non-rhotic).
According to google that’s 85-90% of British accents, so you’re in the minority.

No.2

Marry Arna

Ma-ri-ar-na… like the trench.

See to you me I can't imagine how they would sound remotely the same.

lol plenty people called Anna have been called spanner because it rhymes! I can atest.

Why is marry arna not an option or is OP simply writing it differently?
Surely you just need to watch a documentary on the Mariana Trench to know the proper pronunciation?

Really showing your ignorance of regional accents here, as well as the fact that words aren’t all spelt phonetically.

Mari-ar-na (like the Mariana Trench)

I clicked on the thread rubbing my hands like wo ho ho here we go the ol’ non-rhotic obsession with using the letter R to indicate a certain vowel sound and wreaking absolute havoc amongst everyone else!

OP: I would pronounce it Ma-ree-a-na. Mari-Anna if that’s clearer. No long A sound.