What's your opinion of Anya?

[MummyTumble]

Just after some thoughts really...what does it conjure up for you?

Would you pronounce An-ya or Ah-nya? I think the latter is actually correct but i actually prefer the first.

Prefer Anna as a sound. (and name).

my best friend when i was tiny was Anya.

love it

i'd pronounce it Ahn-ya

buffy

I too prefer Anna and perhaps Anya as a nick name.
I prefer the ahn-ya pronunciation, but the young British Anyas I have met seem to use pronunciation Ann-ya and that sounds a little odd to me.

Nice songs, tho a bit wishy-washy.

I love Anya, I wanted to call dd2 it after my Great Aunt as a marker of our Sloveinian hertitage, but DH refused stating that we are english and should have english names. I would have spelt it Anja though, short for Anjanka. And pronounced An-ya.

I'd pronounce it An-ya.

Not keen on it really. It has a harsh, nasally sound that I don't like.

I like it - but then I live in The Netherlands.

I like Ahn-ya. An-ya sounds nasal like Ondine said. I knew an Anya and the name seemed really nice on her.

I like Aine - 'Awn-ya' -the Irish version best. But i think 'An-ya' is nice, too. Ah-nya sounds a bit poncy.

Very pretty name

Anya - reminds me of Anya from Buffy. She was a feisty one and very funny. It was short for Anyanka (sp?). I like it.

I love the name Anya. I prefer it the Eastern European way - Ann-ya

Lovely!

Very pretty. I would pronounce it Ann-ya.

I love it and I would say it the first way.

Lots of positive replies - thank you!

I would like it spelt 'Anja' as we have dutch heritage, but I think it would be a minefield of mis-spellings and pronunciations (sp?). From what I have researched this is how it would be spelt - unless anyone else here knows...skilhorse perhaps??

(DH happens to love buffy so sees that connection as a great reason to use the name where as i just like the name itself...)

tistheseason I didn't realise there was a singer with the name...in the Uk or elsewhere and am I really out of touch to not know this

I think Tis might mean Enya!

I know a little Anya and they pronounce it An-ya. It's v pretty. Though I always want to spell it Anja.

I like it. I like Anna and Annabel more though.

I prefer Anya to Anja though. I didn't know about the singer either.. if there's an anya on buffy that would put me off.

is Anelka a name, or somebody's sur name?? i thnk i like it, but it might not even be a name.

Anelka is a footballer

I do know an Anelka. Her dad is a raving Man City fan. Sadly footballers move on .....