How would you pronounce Arya?

[Miss_Dee]

How would you pronounce Arya? Ah-ya or Ah-ree-ya

DF and I found out this morning we are having a girl and typically, we had totally settled on a boys name but the girls name is a bit up in the air. The option we both like the most is Arya, but can't agree on pronunciation. While we both prefer the pronunciation Ah-ya, I don't want my baby growing up with people not know how to pronounce her name properly (like I have my whole life).

[RhiChiChi]

I voted Ah-ree-ya prior to reading you post. I would struggle to automatically pronounce it Ah-ya unless you told me that was how it was pronounced

[nothing2lose]

Uuummmm...neither.

I looked at it and saw Are-Ya. Like, 'Are ya going to the shop?'.

Not a fan, sorry.

[Floweryfields]

Uuummmm...neither.

I looked at it and saw Are-Ya. Like, 'Are ya going to the shop?'.

Not a fan, sorry.

Yep same here.

[Rowellen]

I would say Ah-ree-ah. That's how I read it in a game of thrones. In Eragon, there is a character with this name too & it has a pronunciation guide at the back saying this is how it's pronounced.

I don't get the racist connection with the N thing even with google.

[LimeSlice]

I would say Ah-ree-ah. That's how I read it in a game of thrones. In Eragon, there is a character with this name too & it has a pronunciation guide at the back saying this is how it's pronounced.

I don't get the racist connection with the N thing even with google.

Google: Aryan race.

I read it like N2L - Are-ya

[Amaunet]

Ah-re-ah

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Probably like a pirate - ARRRGH-yah. But then I like playing pirates.

[Teeki]

There's a girl with this name in Game of Thrones. I've been reading it as A-ree-ah, but I'm always wondering if that's right lol.

The thing with names is, you just tell people first - "this is my DD Ah-ya." A friend of mine has a new DD named Maya. When I just saw it written I was saying My-a in my mind, but when we went to visit my friend said "May-a is having a nap". Easy, that's how I say it now

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[Maruschke]

We are most likely calling our DD2 "Aya" from Game of Thrones

[Nai]

If you like Ah-Ya then Aya would probably be the way I would spell it otherwise it looks like it should be pronounced like Aria. But if you like the name Aria then I would spell it "Aria".

The spelling Arya doesn't really let you know how it should be pronounced.

[nothing2lose]

And if you call her Arya, make sure her middle name or your last name doesn't start with N.

[Maruschke]

And if you call her Arya, make sure her middle name or your last name doesn't start with N.

I'm blind, why?

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

But Aria is pronounced "ah-ree-ah" - it means "song" and is used worldwide. Aya would be "Ay-ah" rather than "ah-ya", to me at any rate.

[chody47]

My immediate thought when I saw it as Aye-rah....not sure why....when I see it I see the 'Aye' sound as the first letter as opposed to the 'a' sound

[Dr. Tal]

I was trying to think of where I had seen/heard/read that name before…and it was from the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.

I always read it as Are ya….Like Nothing2Lose.

[sloane]

i would say Ah-ree-ya but i have a friend with a DD with that name & that's how they pronounce it.

[Miss_Dee]

Game of Thrones is where we got the name Problem is in the show, depending on who says it the pronunciation is different. Ned (her father) says Ah-ya, other people say Ah-ree-ya. Didn't think about spelling is Aya. That could be a way to go.