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HelpTrying to find/create a name by pronounciation (don't know the spelling)
Hi all! I'm trying to make or find a name. I've had it in my head for a while, but I have no idea how to spell it.
It's very simple. It's simply the long "A" as in "say" or "ate", followed by the "uh" sound. The whole name would be pronounced "AY-uh". Sort of like the word "air" without the "r" at the end, or Eywa from Avatar without the "w" in it.
I've looked over the names here many times and if it exists, I seem to be missing it. I tried coming up with a spelling on my own and fell in love with Eia, since that's how those vowels would be said in most of the languages I know. However, in English it's ambiguous.
The one time I was able to find Eia online, it was pronounced that with an "E" as in "speed" ("EE-uh") instead. I tried variants like Eiah and Eiya, but they were pronounced the same way by the Americans I asked. Even Eiyuh (which was quite a stretch) seems more likely to be pronounced with an "I" sound, as in "eye" ("EYE-uh").
Similar thing with Aea, Aiea, and so on. I asked my friends and they assumed those would be said "EYE-uh" or "EE-uh" instead.
Is there any way I could spell it which would make English speakers more likely to use the long-A ("AY-uh") instead? I'm fine with simply going with Eia and having to correct people during first introductions, but if there's a more intuitive way of spelling it, I'd love to hear.
It's very simple. It's simply the long "A" as in "say" or "ate", followed by the "uh" sound. The whole name would be pronounced "AY-uh". Sort of like the word "air" without the "r" at the end, or Eywa from Avatar without the "w" in it.
I've looked over the names here many times and if it exists, I seem to be missing it. I tried coming up with a spelling on my own and fell in love with Eia, since that's how those vowels would be said in most of the languages I know. However, in English it's ambiguous.
The one time I was able to find Eia online, it was pronounced that with an "E" as in "speed" ("EE-uh") instead. I tried variants like Eiah and Eiya, but they were pronounced the same way by the Americans I asked. Even Eiyuh (which was quite a stretch) seems more likely to be pronounced with an "I" sound, as in "eye" ("EYE-uh").
Similar thing with Aea, Aiea, and so on. I asked my friends and they assumed those would be said "EYE-uh" or "EE-uh" instead.
Is there any way I could spell it which would make English speakers more likely to use the long-A ("AY-uh") instead? I'm fine with simply going with Eia and having to correct people during first introductions, but if there's a more intuitive way of spelling it, I'd love to hear.
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Aeya? Aeha?
Actually, no matter how you spell it it looks like EYE-a to me. Hmm. Aeha looks the most like AY-a to me, but it also looks really contrived and weird. Aaya or Aaia maybe-- I know a couple of people who have used "aa" as a long A sound (a Jaala and an Alaajah). I think I like Aaia the best-- Aia and Aea are cool too, just because they are palindromes AND have no consonants!
Actually, no matter how you spell it it looks like EYE-a to me. Hmm. Aeha looks the most like AY-a to me, but it also looks really contrived and weird. Aaya or Aaia maybe-- I know a couple of people who have used "aa" as a long A sound (a Jaala and an Alaajah). I think I like Aaia the best-- Aia and Aea are cool too, just because they are palindromes AND have no consonants!
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Ayah.
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Aya is the simplest and most straightforward. Since Ava is so popular and has the same vowel sounds, I don't think it will confuse anyone. Sure, you will have to correct pronunciation if people say EYE-a, but lots of names have more than one prn. anyway (on another board I go to there was a thread about Gaia, and there were at least 3 different ones among the members: GAY-ah, GEE-ah, and GUY-ah).
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Aya.
A former friend of mine has a daughter whose name is Aya, pronounced [AY-yuh]. It is very simple and no one really had any trouble pronouncing it.
A former friend of mine has a daughter whose name is Aya, pronounced [AY-yuh]. It is very simple and no one really had any trouble pronouncing it.
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I'd assume that pronunciation with Aya.
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Aiya, I think.
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Eya!
I am pretty sure this is some kind of interjection (like Alleluia) in Latin, because I just sang a Christmas Anthem that ended with saying "Eya! Eya! Eya!" which is pronounced like the sounds you have described.
I'd probably opt for Aia myself.
I am pretty sure this is some kind of interjection (like Alleluia) in Latin, because I just sang a Christmas Anthem that ended with saying "Eya! Eya! Eya!" which is pronounced like the sounds you have described.
I'd probably opt for Aia myself.
This message was edited 12/13/2011, 1:39 PM
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Aiah
From Isaiah--drop the Is. I suppose Ayah would also work, but around here that's how people say "yeah".
From Isaiah--drop the Is. I suppose Ayah would also work, but around here that's how people say "yeah".
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I do know someone that I went to elementary school with who was named Aia who pronounced it like Eye-uh.
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Huh, I'd never thought of that. It's nice because it has roots in another name. Is that a name you've seen before, or did it come to you now while thinking of Isaiah?
This message was edited 12/13/2011, 12:52 PM
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Ayah=yeah.....
Are you from Maine by any chance?
Are you from Maine by any chance?
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Why not just Aya? I also think Aeia is pretty.
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Oh dear, it never occurred to me that I could simply change around the I and the E. I was spelling it as Aiea, which looked very messy to me. Aeia is beautiful!
Are there any other names which use that sequence of letters, so I could say "Oh, it's easy. You just pronounce it like -insert other name here-"?
Are there any other names which use that sequence of letters, so I could say "Oh, it's easy. You just pronounce it like -insert other name here-"?
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Maybe Eyya, Aeya or Aeia?
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Not Aya?
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I also think that would be the best spelling to get that pronunciation in English. Even though a lot of people will say it like eye-a, but it could be corrected, makes sense as ay-a too, and it doesn't look strange.
This message was edited 12/13/2011, 11:44 AM
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I usually think "eye-a" when I see that, too. Still, it has the benefit of looking less strange, which is a definite bonus indeed. (It also has the benefit of being a name that already exists.)
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