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[Facts] Re: Sian: help!
Sorry, Stephanie , but the Welsh name of Sian is pronounced "Shan ". If you name your child "Sian " and then go pronouncing it "Si-Ann", Welsh people may look at you oddly. It would be kinda like pronouncing the boy's name "Sean " as "Seh-an", which would be dumb, as I'm sure you must realize.If you're really dead set on giving your child a name that sounds somewhat like "Si-Ann", then perhaps you ought to consider another name entirely. How about "Sienna"?Or, you could give your child a hippy name -- like Sea-Anne! (Just kidding, please don't even consider that. :)-- Nanaea
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Thanks for your reply. However, I am sure that both pronounciations are correct as we know 2 people who are called Sian and pronounce their name as Si- Ann. I was just wondering about the different spellings. I think Sian as Si- Ann has a little hat (^)on the i or the a or a " on the i or the a...
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My names is Sian with a ^ on the a.
That one is pronounced `sharn` -- it`s the welsh one.
Never si-ann.
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