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Archiveslots of questions
I'll just start right in.
First, pronunciation questions:
Is Asherah (female, Near Easter Mythology) pronounced with the emphasis on the middle syllable? If so, is it ah-SHEER-ah or ah-SHER-ah?
How is Anand (male, Indian) pronounced, and which syllable is emphasized?
Is Amaya (on this site listed as a variant of the Basque name Amaia, meaning "the end") pronounced ah-MAY-ah or ah-MIE-ah? Also, other posts and other sites have mentioned that Amaya is a Japanese word or name meaning "night rain"? How would Amaya be pronounced in Japanese? (And I know this isn't a pronunciation question, but can the "night rain" meaning be authenticated?)
Is there a "correct" way to pronounce Lyra? This site says that the name comes from the constellation, and the constellation is named after the musical instrument, which is pronounced LIRE. However, comments on the name indicate that it has been pronounced both LEER-ah and LIE-rah. Is it a matter of choice, or have some people just decided they'd rather pronounce it LEER-ah?
There's already been some discussion about how to pronounce Nanaea/Nanaia, and I think the general consensus was that it's nan-EH-ah, which I assume is about the same as nan-AY-ah. However, it's actually kind of tricky to say the emphasized second syllable without relying on the second "n", so I was wondering if the correct pronunciation could also be written nah-NAY-ah, or if the emphasized syllable is strictly consonant-free.
I've found the following names in various places, and would like more information about them--etymology, meaning, pronunciation--if any one has it. I'll list the information I've found so far and my sources, if I've got them.
- Coelia: fem., proably French (the name of a character is A.S. Byatt's book Babel Tower)
- Devany: fem., Irish, "dark-haired" (from ThinkBabyNames.com)
- Diara: fem. or masc., African (not very specific, I know), "gift" (I don't know where I found this one)
- Lailie: fem., according to one site, the name of which I no longer remember, it's a Hebrew name meaning "born during light"; according to ThinkBabyNames.com, it's a variant of Laila. As the latter sounds reasonable, and Laila/Layla means "night", the former meaning is probably invented, but I'm still curious about the name.
Thanks for any and all help.
Deann
First, pronunciation questions:
Is Asherah (female, Near Easter Mythology) pronounced with the emphasis on the middle syllable? If so, is it ah-SHEER-ah or ah-SHER-ah?
How is Anand (male, Indian) pronounced, and which syllable is emphasized?
Is Amaya (on this site listed as a variant of the Basque name Amaia, meaning "the end") pronounced ah-MAY-ah or ah-MIE-ah? Also, other posts and other sites have mentioned that Amaya is a Japanese word or name meaning "night rain"? How would Amaya be pronounced in Japanese? (And I know this isn't a pronunciation question, but can the "night rain" meaning be authenticated?)
Is there a "correct" way to pronounce Lyra? This site says that the name comes from the constellation, and the constellation is named after the musical instrument, which is pronounced LIRE. However, comments on the name indicate that it has been pronounced both LEER-ah and LIE-rah. Is it a matter of choice, or have some people just decided they'd rather pronounce it LEER-ah?
There's already been some discussion about how to pronounce Nanaea/Nanaia, and I think the general consensus was that it's nan-EH-ah, which I assume is about the same as nan-AY-ah. However, it's actually kind of tricky to say the emphasized second syllable without relying on the second "n", so I was wondering if the correct pronunciation could also be written nah-NAY-ah, or if the emphasized syllable is strictly consonant-free.
I've found the following names in various places, and would like more information about them--etymology, meaning, pronunciation--if any one has it. I'll list the information I've found so far and my sources, if I've got them.
- Coelia: fem., proably French (the name of a character is A.S. Byatt's book Babel Tower)
- Devany: fem., Irish, "dark-haired" (from ThinkBabyNames.com)
- Diara: fem. or masc., African (not very specific, I know), "gift" (I don't know where I found this one)
- Lailie: fem., according to one site, the name of which I no longer remember, it's a Hebrew name meaning "born during light"; according to ThinkBabyNames.com, it's a variant of Laila. As the latter sounds reasonable, and Laila/Layla means "night", the former meaning is probably invented, but I'm still curious about the name.
Thanks for any and all help.
Deann
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