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opinion on a girl's name
| Fri, 06-17-2005 - 3:31pm |
I need some suggestions on a girl's name. I was thinking of Jenaya (pronounced ja-ni(long i sound)-yuh). I have no clue on what middle name would sound nice with that. Our last name is Davis.
What do you think? Any suggestions would be helpful
Thanks

I think it's beautiful. You will probably be correcting people a lot with the long I sound, and I don't know if there's a better way to spell it to reflect the pronunciation, but I still think it's very pretty.
I think lots of middle names would sound great with it, but a one-syllable one sounds best to my ears.
Some suggestions:
Rose
Grace
May/Mae
Love
Faith
Reese
Sorry I'm not feeling very creative today, but maybe that will give you a start!
Stephanie
Jenaya Marie
Jenaya Lynn
Jenaya Hope
Jenaya Nicole
That is all I can think of right now!
Katie
First thought was Jenaya Faith Davis!
I thought of Jenaya Gabrielle right away.
when I looked at it, before I went on to read your pronunciation, I saw -Ja-NAY-ah - with a LONG A, not a Long I
maybe because I know two Jenaia's pronounced that way - Ja-NAY-ah.
I don't like the pronunciatin Jen-EYE-ah as much anyway. but if you really want it I think you should spell it in a way that people will see it as being pronounced with a Long I
maybe Jeniyah - or Jenyah - I realize the English language is very weird sometimes and there are probably some words or names with an AYA in them where it's pronounced with a long I, but with Jenaya as an unfamiliar name I don't think people will see it that way.
hth
good luck
Maya and Kaya are pronounced with long "i" sounds for the "ay", so I guess the spelling makes sense in reference to those, but since it's an unfamiliar name, I also would have pronounced it with a long "a" sound.
Stephanie