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Where I live, we say Lauren and Loren the same way -- Lore-in / Lawr-in.

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We say Laurie and Lori, variations of a female name (gender doesn't change the pronounciation), this way as well. I am in the northeast US.

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I suppose, though, if Jane were meant to be pronounced "Yane" you'd live in Spain, or if it were meant to be pronounce Zhane you'd live in France.

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Accents differ, Lauren; why does that offend you?

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You wrote:
> Most people pronounce "Lauren" exactly as it is written...with the "au" making the soft "ah" sound<

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Many of us don't see 'au' being 'ah' as "exactly as it is written."

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I've never met a "Lahrin," as in Brahms, I admit. Lauren Bacall is Lahrin? Nah... Your birth sign is Tahris if you're a Taurus? "Your" is "Yahr"? Where do you live, anyway?

News flash: people in different countries make different noises when confronted by identically spelt words. This does not mean that they are 'right' or 'wrong' to do so. If you pronounced, say, Stephen as step hen, now THAT would be a mistake.

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But where I live, Lauren sounds like Loren and Laura sounds like Law-ra. So, shoot me.

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Would Alexandria still be a good mn for Lauren if the surname was Alexander?