Need Name Help

[windvesper.livejournal.com]

I wanted to know which girl combo you prefer.
(girl name pronounced - Rye-Anna not Ree-Onna)

Girl
1. Rhyanna Kathryn
2. Rhyanna Christine

Boy
Aidan Raymond
_____ Raymond

Suggestions welcome.  Previous children's names are:
1. Brandon Rowland
2. Nathan Steven

Middle names of boys are always family names, but I liked the "un" sound at the end of the names... any other suggestions for boy first names there?

Thanks for the help!

Comments

[windvesper.livejournal.com]

My point being the following pronounciation: hri-An-ahn (welsh) so there is more than one way to say even the root name itself and thus changing the ending of the word to a instead of on doesn't change how the name actually CAN be pronounced.

RHIANNON
Gender: Feminine

Usage: Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology

Pronounced: hri-AN-ahn (Welsh), ree-AN-ən (English), REE-ən-ən (English) [key]

Derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning "great queen". In Welsh mythology Rhiannon was the goddess of fertility and the moon. This name is also borne by a princess in Welsh legends, the wife of Pwyll. As an English name, it became popular due to the Fleetwood Mac song 'Rhiannon' (1976).

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

what does hri sound like, phonetically? because "i" in conventional phonetic alphabet is just like "ee", isn't it? Just a little confused!

[windvesper.livejournal.com]

well if you look at the three combos.. when they want a long E sound they write it differently. In Celtic languages that would be a long I scenario.

Long E: ree
Long I: rhi

not that I'm nitpicking - merely explainiing how in the world I came up with the pronounciation I did.. not just on a whim. :)