Message: "Re: Zaida" - Behind the Name

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Re: Zaida

by queenv

3/3/2011, 7:17 AM

I like the way it sounds but I prefer the spelling Zeta. I know a woman named Zeta. I do know that they are two different names with two different etymologies, but, hey, they sound exactly the same and I like the way Zeta looks much more. But if one is looking for an Arabic name in particular, then I can understand going for Zaida rather then Zeta.

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- Opalescence (JHK) +4

3/3/2011, 10:25 AM

How do you pronounce Zaida and Zeta?

Just asking because I admittedly don't know how to pronounce Zeta in English (I'm guessing ZEE-tə) but I'm pretty sure it's not said zah-EE-dah or zah-EE-də which is how I'd pronounce Zaida.

- Sofia +3

3/3/2011, 12:19 PM

Yup, I was wondering the same thing. Zeta and Zaida don't sound the same at all (assuming that Zeta is ZEE-tah).

- queenv +2

3/3/2011, 8:29 PM

I pronounce both Zeta and Zaida ZAY-dah. The Zeta I know pronounces her name ZAY-dah. Perhaps I'm wrong, or in a very small minority, in pronouncing Zaida ZAY-dah, but I look at it and that's what I think. This site isn't helpful in this regard, as it doesn't give a pronunciation of Zaida.

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

3/4/2011, 5:14 AM

I also pronounce Zaida ZAY-duh.

- Sofia

3/4/2011, 4:54 AM

Zaida is with a EE sound (ZAH-ee-dah), but ZAY-dah isn't too far off. It's the Zeta part. I go by what this site says and what Catherine Zeta Jones uses and that's ZEE-tah (makes sense if it's a form of Zita).

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