Message: "Ione" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Ione

by Perrine (Destry)

9/17/2021, 2:32 PM

Thoughts on Ione?

I really like it pr. EYE-o-nee. But this site says it is eye-O-nee. Is this correct?

I find it kind of forced to put the emphasis on the second syllable. EYE-o-nee is much more fun to say.

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- Anneza +1

9/17/2021, 11:57 PM

I used to know an Ione who pronounced it eye-OH-nee; her mother was a school teacher, don't remember what father did, but they would have been careful about pronunciations, I'm sure. And the island is eye-O-nuh, so there's a pattern.

ETA, in my dialect, EYE-o-nee sounds like an adjective formed from 'iron' - not the same as 'irony' because the R isn't sounded, but perhaps something could smell or taste iron-y?

This message was edited 9/17/2021, 11:59 PM

- Perrine (Destry)

9/18/2021, 1:51 AM

Iona and Ione are unrelated and I think in Greek all syllables are pronounced equally so there is no emphasis.

Actress Ione Skye says hers as EYE-o-nee.

But I do not really know what would be correct. I just dislike how eye-O-nee makes me think of "I own".

- Kerilyntaryn21

9/17/2021, 4:21 PM

Don't like it, I prounounce it the same as you

- Dianatiger

9/17/2021, 2:55 PM

Hmm that is interesting, I've only ever known 1 Ione and she had it pronounced eye-Own-ah. I have no idea what the correct pronunciation is, sorry. I think Eye-o-nee sounds more dignified, whereas eye-O-nee sounds more rural and rustic, like a woman on a 1970s spaghetti western. I think I prefer the likes of Ianthe and Iolanthe myself but Ione is interesting. It reminds me a lot of Isla in sound and impressions.

This message was edited 9/17/2021, 2:57 PM

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