How do you say...

[politicking.livejournal.com]

1) Rayane (as a boys name, not "Rayann/Rayanne" the girls name)
2) Isyce
3) Saoirse
4) Celyn
5) Genevieve
6) Anaé
7) Aias

Comments

[kjerlandsen.livejournal.com]

1) Rain?
2) Eye-sis (like Isis)
3) I have no clue
4) See-lin
5) Jen-uh-veeve
6) Ann-ay
7) Again, I have no clue

[politicking.livejournal.com]

I was super curious how people would pronounce #1 because there is a boy in my son's class with it... and they say it like "Ryan." And it blows my mind everytime I see it written, and then said outloud lol.

[jexia]

5) Jenna veev

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

I say Seer-sha for Saoirse.

[rocstarsky.livejournal.com]

I freaking love that name.

Actually it even sounds pretty pronounced wrong (Say-or-eese) but I'd never pronounce it any other way but Seer-sha. I think its beautiful.

[coendou.livejournal.com]

I agree, but I'd never damn my daughter to a lifetime of explaining the spelling/pronunciation over and over again, nor would I ever want to dumb down the awesome spelling. But it's such a great name.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I've been asked how my name is pronounced all my life, and I really don't mind! Nonetheless, I can understand your concern =)
*fixed for ridiculous grammar mistake.

[silverwind.livejournal.com]

It's lovely!! And I just can't quite do it, for the same reason.

Same way I love Caoimhe. No rhyme or reason to why I like it... but I do. And I couldn't do it. :)

[politicking.livejournal.com]

I thought that was the right way to say it. It's very pretty.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

I was curious how people would pronounce #1 because there is a boy in my son's class with it... and they say it like "Ryan." And it blows my mind every time I see it written, and then said outloud lol.

[rosabelle.livejournal.com]

1. ray-in
2. isis
3. seer-sha
4. see-lin
5. jenna-veeve
6. ann-ay
7. eye-as

[politicking.livejournal.com]

I was curious how people would pronounce #1 because there is a boy in my son's class with it... and they say it like "Ryan." I ALWAYS want to say it like that "Ray-in."

[arrien.livejournal.com]

1. Rain
2. Isis
3. Seer-sha
4. See-lin
5. Jenna-veev
6. Ahh-nay
7. Eye-is

[politicking.livejournal.com]

I didn't even think about saying it like "rain"... a boy in my son's class has the name and it's said "Ryan", which confuses me because of the spelling. But there are a ton of names that the spelling/pronunciation don't match up (like Saoirse, for instance).

[mela-chan.livejournal.com]

1) Rain or Ray-un
2) Isis
3) No clue
4) Sa-lin
5) Jenna-veev
6) Ah-nay
7) Aye-us

[coendou.livejournal.com]

Ok, I know 3 is seer-sha.

5 is jen-uh-veev unless you want to be all Frenchy, then it's zhon-vee-ev.

#1... Is it a funny spelling of Ryan?

IDK the rest.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

LOL yes, I think 1 is a funny spelling of it... that's how my son's classmate says it, like "Ryan." I Googled and found it is a French male name, but they had no pronunciation guide. They did say it rhymes with Cheyane... so I was thinking that it was Ry-Ane... but still uber confusing since they definitely say it "Ryan".

[satunian.livejournal.com]

THIS!

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

1) Rayane : since it's meant as a boy's name, then I'll go with Ryan
2) Isyce : EYE-ziss
3) Saoirse : SHEER-sah (I remember it's supposed to be something similar)
4) Celyn : SELL-in
5) Genevieve : This one is Juh-nuh-vee-EH-v in French (J as in Je t'aime)
6) Anaé : Ah-nah-AY
7) Aias : AH-yah-ss

[vanish.livejournal.com]

Okay, first things that come to mind:

1) Ray-anne
2) Icy
3) Not even trying...
4) Sailin'
5) Gen-eh-VEEV (I know sb with this name, though)
6) ah-NAY
7) AY-us

And they're probably all wrong, except for the 5th one! (By which I mean, it's an accepted way of saying it. I know it's French, and I'm saying it with an American tongue.)

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

1. RAY-an?
2. I-sis?
3. SEER-sha
4. KELL-in
5. JEN-a-veev
6. an-a-AY?
7. I-as

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

1) ray-AN
2) is-ice
3) I know it's not "correct" but I always read it as say-or-see
4) sel-in
5) jen-uh-veev
6) an-ah-ay
7) ay-eye-is

[http://users.livejournal.com/-----citylight/]

one. Ray-an
two. NFI...
three. Seer-shuh
four. See-Lin
five. in English I wound say Jenna-veve, in French I would say Jhon-vee-ev
six. An-ay
seven. Eye-iss

[laminy.livejournal.com]

1. I'd still say Rayanne, that's what it looks like.
2. Isis
3. Seer-shuh
4. See-lyn
5. Zhon-vee-ev
6. Not sure
7. Not sure

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I am going to say right off the bat that this is just how I said them when I read them out loud, and I usually VERY bad at intuiting Gaelic names - so I am fairly certain they aren't "right" but this is what I say:

1) Rayane - Ray-Ann, or maybe Ray-Ann-nee

2) Isyce - Isis (although I want to say Eye-Sice, I felt like they were going for Isis)

3) Saoirse - Seer-sha. But I want to read it Say-or-see

4) Celyn - Sell-In, or Kell-In. I would say Cell-In first but wouldn't be fazed it it were actually a hard C.

5) Genevieve - Jenna-Veev

6) Anaé - A-Nay (or Ah-Neigh)

7) Aias - Ace

[doxerssoldout.livejournal.com]

1. ray-ane (so it rhymes with jane)
2. ice-iss (like isis)
3. say-orse (rhymes with horse)
4. sell-lynn
5. jenn-uh-veev
6. uh-nay
7. eye-iss (like isis without the first s)