Is this stupid?

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Is this stupid?
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Mon, 11-19-2007 - 4:48am

Okay you all are probably going to be able to help me get this in just a split second but I have a question. I've been seeing the name Anya a lot lately. I have friend with a niece name Aniah(Uh-Ny-uh). Well I've been looking at this name and thinking to myself that Aniah could be another form of Anya. If I remember right Anya is prnd like ON-YA(as in I'm on ya) sorry I know that is a messed up pronouncation but thats the only way I can think to describe it. So humor me and tell me if Anya ***COULD*** be Aniah just said differently. I hope this makes sense its been bothering me lately and I just can't figure it out. LOL. I also hope nobody thinks I am the dumbest person alive for asking this.


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Mon, 11-19-2007 - 7:46am

From the look of Aniah my first thought was

Siggy
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Mon, 11-19-2007 - 7:59am

Nya is a name pronounced to rhyme with Mariah, so I could easily see someone pronouncing Anya as uh-NY-uh.

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Mon, 11-19-2007 - 11:29am
I think they're related, but I don't think they could be pronounced the same.

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Tue, 11-20-2007 - 12:27am
I don't think it's a stupid question at all. Anya is most commonly pronounced ON-ya, as you said. In Russian and some other eastern European languages, Anya is a common, traditional nickname for Anna (pron. ON-na in those languages). I have never heard it pronounced a-NYE-a. I could imagine that pronunciation in the U.S., I suppose, but I suspect that the person would spend her whole life constantly correcting people from the ON-ya pronunciation.