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In the SSA top list, there are a number of names that looks like they would be day-anna in English:
Daianna, Dayana, Deyana, Deiana etc.
A Mexican acquaintance of mine once told me that this was used by Spanish speaking families so that the name would be pronounced like Dye-anna, instead of the traditional Diana being Dee-anna.
Does anyone know if this is the case? Or are these separate names?
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Daianna, Dayana, Deyana, Deiana etc.
A Mexican acquaintance of mine once told me that this was used by Spanish speaking families so that the name would be pronounced like Dye-anna, instead of the traditional Diana being Dee-anna.
Does anyone know if this is the case? Or are these separate names?
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Your friend is correct about Dayana and Daianna. For a Spanish-speaker, these approximate the English pronunciation of Diana. As another example, Brian is sometimes spelled Brayan by Spanish-speakers.
It is also correct that in Spanish, Diana is similar to dee-ah-na.
Deyana and Deiana, however, would be pronounced in Spanish something like "Day" (the English word)-ah-na.
It is also correct that in Spanish, Diana is similar to dee-ah-na.
Deyana and Deiana, however, would be pronounced in Spanish something like "Day" (the English word)-ah-na.
This message was edited 8/11/2010, 8:45 PM
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Thanks!!!
I have another question about Spanish names... B and V
I've seen names spelled interchangeably with Bs and Vs, that is
Biancé, Viancé
Esbeidy, Esveidy
Vanessa, Banessa
etc. Are these pronounced the same in Spanish?
I have another question about Spanish names... B and V
I've seen names spelled interchangeably with Bs and Vs, that is
Biancé, Viancé
Esbeidy, Esveidy
Vanessa, Banessa
etc. Are these pronounced the same in Spanish?
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Yes, they are. In Spanish, B and V have exactly the same sound [b].
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