how would you....?

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

pronounce this name:

Michaela

it's the name of an actress i like on a show, and i'm pronouncing it as 

'mih-KAY-luh'

but then, the hispanic part of me figures it could also be:

'mee-kuh-EL-la'

so, WDYT? or is there another way to pronounce it i'm not thinking of.   i really like this name now... it's grown on me. and i kinda am ok with either pronunciation. i just wanted y'alls thoughts on it. 

Comments

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

One of my best friends has a four month old named Michaela and it's pronounced as you first said. It's the Italian version of Michelle, which is the mother's name.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Your first pronunciation is the only one I've heard used. I think it looks ugly, but sounds pretty.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I say Mih-KAY-la.
Michaela Conlin, who plays Angela in 'Bones' pronounces her name that way too =)

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

lol yea that's the actress and show i love. :D

i just never heard her name pronounced. only spelled. lol

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

ok, so in Italian *a latin based romance language* would the SECOND way be the way to pronounce it in italy?

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Mih-kay-la

Like the 35 million Michaela, Mikayla, Mikhayla, MaKaelas born in the last 10 years.

It's the female version of Michael. Michael-A.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

in italian it's Mee-KEH-lah, but we spell it Michela.
We do have, though, Micaela, which we pronounce Mee-kah-EH-la

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

oh in anglophone countries my understanding is that it's usually pronounced Mic-ay-lah

[politicking.livejournal.com]

Mih-kay-luh or Muh-kay-luh

i am not a fan. there are SO many whacked out spellings (the latest i've seen is Mikialah.

i also dislike it because it's spelled like Michael with an A on the end, but not said like it. that is a little pet peeve of mine with any name (ie: Briana/Brianna), not just this one.

[heather80.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounce it Mick-aye-la. Similar to how you pronounced it, but I put the "kuh" sound with the mih, rather than with the ay. Like Michael is emphasized Mike-ell, I pronounce Michaela Mick-aye-la.

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

ok well, then i like Micaela.... :D

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Yay! =D I love Bones too. All actors and actrices in that show are great, I think =)!

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

U've heard both, and I actually prefer Mee-kuh-EL-la.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Nothing personal, but it really pisses me off that the mispellings of that name have people wondering how to pronounce the ACTUAL PROPER SPELLING.

Mikayla has ruined life.

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

There's a girl in my art class named this, pronounced mih-KAY-luh. My art teacher couldn't stop calling her MIK-a-la though. (She told her to call her Mickey and now she calls her Mikey.)

Anyway it's always been mih-KAY-luh to me.

[heyitsrebecca.livejournal.com]

I agree.. =(

[oreo-vampiress.livejournal.com]

Hm, when I saw her name on Bones, I was wondering how to pronounce that myself.
I'd say the first one.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Micaela, which is the Spanish spelling, is pronounced Mih-kuh-ay-luh. Michaela, which is the "English" spelling of the name, is pronounced Mih-kay-luh.

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how it would be pronounced in Italy, since they live here in the US and have for many generations.

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

*squeeeee* i LOVE your icon!!!!!

lol anya & xander = love.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i was thinking the same thing.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

*it was late. Make that actresses (I totally threw a Dutch word in there, sorry 8))

[searlait.livejournal.com]

My best friend from school was Jaime Michaela, "Michael-a".

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

ditto!