Comments (Pronunciation Only)
The original Greek pronunciation is indeed ah-teh-na. I have no idea why the comments stating this get downvoted. It's the correct Greek pronunciation and the name is Greek. I like the original pronunciation much better.
Modern Greek is ah-thee-na but anglicized Athina.
Athina is also how Athina Onassis spells her name (not Athena as some people claim).
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Modern Greek is ah-thee-na but anglicized Athina.
Athina is also how Athina Onassis spells her name (not Athena as some people claim).
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My name is Athena (Uh-Thee-Nuh) too but I'm Mexican and my family can't say it like that so my family calls me Ahh-Teh-Na and my friends always get confused when my brother or mom and dad say it like that but I personally think it's funny.
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Personally I know 2 Athenas, both of which pronounce their names ah-THEE-nah and one Athina who pronounces it ah-TEE-nah.
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Pronounced "ah-teh-nah".
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In Greece it is pronounced Athena ah-thee-NA (as the female name) and a-THEE-na (as the capital).
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One of my cousins is 1/4 Greek (born and raised in Athens, I believe) and she pronounces her name "A-TEE-na". Immigration transliterated her name to "Atina" when she came here.
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In Modern Greek, the pronunciation is ah-thee-NAH. (I much prefer the usual English pronunciation.) The city of Athens is pronounced ah-THEE-nah, though. [noted -ed]
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I think this name is actually pronounced Ah-tay-nah, but you could also pronounce it the English way.
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It's ah-teh-nah.
Uh-THEE-na is the English pronunciation ah-thee-na the modern Greek form but gets anglicized as Athina, not Athena.