How do you pronounce the name Alana?

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-22-2004
How do you pronounce the name Alana?
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Mon, 04-11-2005 - 8:45pm

How do you pronounce the name Alana?



  • A - La - Nah
  • A - Lan - Ah
  • --
  • Do you pronounce the name with a soft A or a hard A?
  • I'm looking for a spelling that will result in a soft A sound...
  • any suggestions? TIA!


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Michelle

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-09-2004
Mon, 04-11-2005 - 11:33pm

Uh
Lah
Nuh

Accent on the LAH

~ HTH ~

~ Liz ~



iVillage Member
Registered: 08-01-2003
Tue, 04-12-2005 - 12:19pm

I can't really tell by your choices which one you are considering to be the hard A or soft A

vowels are usually considered long or short - long A or short A

I view the spelling Alana as A-LAWN-ah

I would also view it the same spelled Alanna

if you want a long A - as in the word came or vain or rain then I would see that in the spelling Alayna or Alaina.

if what you were going for was to sound like the name Anna but with an Al in front I'm just not sure - some people might see that pronunciation in Alana or Alanna, but I don't and I've never heard that particular name pronounced to end like the name Anna

hope this helps

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-22-2004
Tue, 04-12-2005 - 12:32pm

Yes, it did help some.

Michelle

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-01-2003
Wed, 04-13-2005 - 12:36pm

I would still go with the Alana spelling.

I have come across girls with this name, this spelling, a few times and they pronounced it the way you are looking for - A-LON-ah. (almost like lawn in the middle there).

good luck