Message: "How would you say Jera?"

How would you say Jera?

by jeziana

1/10/2008, 2:22 PM

Jera is supposedly an old English name, according to this site. I would think it is said JAIR-uh or something, though some one said the J might make a Y sound. Since it is English and generally English names don't have that, I was just wondering what the most "correct" pronounciation would be.

Thanks!

Jaye / Jeziana x

"A man is known by the books he reads" Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friedrich: But I have nothing to give you. My hands are empty.
[entwines her hands with his]
Jo: Not empty now.
- Little Women

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- penguiny7

1/10/2008, 4:31 PM

I know a someone named Jera. She pronounces it JAIR-uh.

But if jera is the Old English word for year, like it says on this site, then perhaps it could also be pronounced with a soft J.

This message was edited 1/10/2008, 4:32 PM

- Hannah J (overt)

1/10/2008, 3:08 PM

I know a Jera who pronounces it JAIR-uh.

This site lists it as an old rune, which means it was a glyph in the very very old proto-Germanic/Norse alphabet, the Elder Futhark. It's far older than modern or even middle English. Google "rune jera" and you'll see what it looks like.

In the Elder Futhark the J is indeed pronounced like a Y, but because that's such an ancient system I think it would be understandable to see the name pronounced

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