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Help us with a girls name!
| Mon, 08-01-2005 - 4:51pm |
Help us with a girls name!
Anais (An-ays)
Samara
Suraya (Sur-eye-a)
Autumn
Isla (Eye-la)
Esme
India
Niamh (Neeve)
All opinions/suggestions very welcome!
You will be able to change your vote.
Edited 8/1/2005 5:56 pm ET ET by carioki

I just wanted to make two pronounciation comments:
The two Anais that I have known (yes, I actually have known two!) both pronounced it Ahna-ees. That's also how the writer (last night starting with an N, but I can't for the life of me remember the rest) and the perfume from the 70s were both pronounced too. Using a different pronounication than this might mean that your DD will always be correcting people.
Suraya pronounced Sur-eye-a sounds much too much like psoriasis to be attractive.
JMHO
Hi,
Thanks for your opinions. Just thought I'd add some information that might shed some more light on the topic!
We do pronounce Anais the same way...it was just a typo that won't change on here no matter how many times I press edit!! Grr! Sorry about that!
I forgot to mention that we aren't American but British. Here, the pronunciation of Niamh and Isla isn't a problem. I understand that Niamh looks unusual but its quite common in England, in fact more common than Sarah, Isabel, Anna, Victoria (11th most popular in Ireland, 20th in Scotland) so I don't think it would be necessary to anglicanise the spelling.
The middle name will probably be Kate (family name) or maybe Brook (my maiden name). It really depends on what sounds best with the first name we decide upon. Any other suggestions gratefully accepted!
We have two sons already, 7 y.o. twins named Joseph Adam and Daniel James (who inevitably everybody calls Joe and Dan). Although the boys have more 'common' names, we've gone for family names for them, but wanted something a bit different in we have a girl.
Hope that helps!
Horribly biased here LOL but I
momma to
Rhys, Niamh, Isla and Deirdre!