Message: "Ligia" - Behind the Name

Ligia

by Haven (guest)

1/27/2007, 5:18 PM

I'm curious as what you guys think of the name, and how you would pronounce it. I doubt very much I'd ever use it, but there is a girl in one of my classes named it. (She pronounces it lee-HE-a, however)

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- Caitlin (earthnut)

1/27/2007, 10:12 PM

lee-HEE-a sounds like an ethnic pronunciation. Is she portuguese by any chance?

I'd pronouce it LIG-ee-a, which totally turns me off. lee-HEE-a is nice, though.

- mashlover

1/27/2007, 8:41 PM

I thought of Li-jee-uh when I first saw it. I don't really like it.

- Julia (JuliaF)

1/27/2007, 8:06 PM

I'd say LIDGE (like ridge)-ee-ah, and find that to be very ugly. I'm not fond of lee-HE-ah either. It looks nice, though.

- Tassiegirl

1/27/2007, 7:20 PM

Pronounced that way, it sounds Hawaiian, quite pretty. But I think it was found to be Latin?

- Tuesday (trayc53)

1/27/2007, 6:48 PM

My first reaction was that it was pronounce lih-JIE-ah, which isn't too attractive. lee-HE-a or lee-JEE-a sounds much better.

- Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

1/27/2007, 6:29 PM

My friend's name is Ligeia, she says it Lie-gee-uh.

Ligia is the Portuguese form, it's pronounce LAH-GSHEE-UH

ETA: i love the name Ligeia better, i would totally use it too due to my friend.

This message was edited 1/27/2007, 6:30 PM

- Cora (Portia)

1/27/2007, 5:26 PM

I prefer and actually really like Ligeia with its G prn. This, I'm not so fond of.

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