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[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

Hi, Just joined. I'm Jeni, my husband is Jason. We're TTC right now and we're looking at Riyana Jo for a girl and Elijah something for a boy.

Edit: I'd just like to throw out there...that while a lot of people here are posting with the "whats your opinion on..." or "what do you think of..." I didn't do that. I simply introduced myself and said what names my husband and I were thinking about. So if I seem overly defensive in my comments, its because I felt like I was being attacked and given advice and opinions that I did not ask for. And yes, I know that the rules say that whether you as for an opinion or not its an "open invitation" for them, but it still just threw me off.

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[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

ohkay, i understand that feeling, but its not pronounced anything like that.

[laananas.livejournal.com]

How exactly is it pronounced? The Rhiannon I knew was pronounced Ree-ann-in.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

Rye-on-ah (rye is pronounced like rye bread)

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

ahh... I was pronouncing it "Ree-awn-ah"...
It's pretty but like another person said, there's going to be a lot people either not knowing how to say it, spell it, or either... maybe it the 'y' was taken out it'd be easier to see the pronounciation you want... "Ryana", because the "Ri" screams "Ree" or "Rah"...

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

I'm not changing the spelling. The name and spelling is derived from the names of my two best friends who both died in the same year while I was in HS. (They had both been my best friends since we were all in diapers) one was named Ryan and the other Rian.

I don't think it will be that much of a problem, especially since we plan on calling her Jo or Ana, or whatever other nicknames we come up with (which could be anything...my name is Jeni and my sister calls me Benny...her name is Kayla and I call her Jason, which now 6 years after I started calling her that, just happens to be my husbands name) :)

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

Well it's completely up to you, and I like where the meaning is derived from... just be prepared to have her have to spell and pronounce it for just about everyone (which doesn't say much... my name is spelt in the simplest form, easy to pronounce and I still always have trouble)