Do you say it with a short 'a' sound and short 'ana' (a-RI-anna) or with a long 'arrr' sound and long 'ana' (Arr-i-ar-na)?
I don't mind either way, but I prefer the second.
Thoughts please
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So DP and I are liking Ariana for a girl, but I'm just wondering how most people say it.
Do you say it with a short 'a' sound and short 'ana' (a-RI-anna) or with a long 'arrr' sound and long 'ana' (Arr-i-ar-na)?
I don't mind either way, but I prefer the second.
Thoughts please
Do you say it with a short 'a' sound and short 'ana' (a-RI-anna) or with a long 'arrr' sound and long 'ana' (Arr-i-ar-na)?
I don't mind either way, but I prefer the second.
Thoughts please
I pronounce it the second way. Very pretty.
A-ri-anna
Very pretty name:-)
Very pretty name:-)
The second one. DD went to CC with an Ariana and that is the way it was pronounced.
Neither. The only Ariana I know says it with short A at the beginning and long A in the middle (Ari-AR-na).
Not sure the correct pronunciation, but I would say it the first way until corrected!
Ari-ar-na
I would pronounce it - Ah-ri-ARN-a.
It's a name I had on my list and I've loved it ever since reading it in Harry Potter (nerdy I know!)
DH was not so keen, and our surname starts with A as well so it would have been a bit funny, and we had a son anyway!
It's a name I had on my list and I've loved it ever since reading it in Harry Potter (nerdy I know!)
DH was not so keen, and our surname starts with A as well so it would have been a bit funny, and we had a son anyway!
Ah-ri-arn-a gorgeous name
Arri-arn-ah (to rhyme with Harry-arm-ah)
Ari-ar-na
One of my mums group friends has a daughter Ariane - pronounced Ah-ree-ann
But for me, Ariana would be Ah-ree-ar-na
But for me, Ariana would be Ah-ree-ar-na
I would pronounce it Ari arna. I agree, very pretty.
I know one Ariana, and it's pronounced the second way.
The second way for me too - Ari arna.
It really is a gorgeous name.
It really is a gorgeous name.
Ah-ree-ar-na. I like it.
QUOTE (BeagleBoy @ 09/07/2012, 07:48 PM) 
I would pronounce it - Ah-ri-ARN-a.
I'd pronounce it this way as well. It certainly is a very pretty name
ar-ee-AHN-a.
Like the name Ari, second part ahna, not like "anna". Usually. That is the most common pronunciation, I think.
"Ari, anna" second most common.
Like the name Ari, second part ahna, not like "anna". Usually. That is the most common pronunciation, I think.
"Ari, anna" second most common.
I went to school with three Ariana's in New Zealand
They were all pronunced like this:
Very pretty!
They were all pronunced like this:
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I would pronounce it - Ah-ri-ARN-a.
Very pretty!
Excellent. We do prefer the second, so it's good to know that most people will say it the same as we plan to if we use it
A-re-ana or I would actually say it with a rolled r so A-reee-ana
The second way.
It is such a pretty name
It is such a pretty name
2nd way, very pretty
2nd way.
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