No One Pronounces the name correctly!

[Kitt3n]

BG - good idea, but then it looks like the homeopathic remedy! I can't win :'(

nella - I love Nikita!

DD likes Aysha - as soon as she saw it she loved it. DH says no. grrrr.....

[Inanna]

What about Freya or Gaia -

[butterfly_warrior]

Do you think going with Ahnika would help? Not quite the essential oil, but hopefully putting enough emphasis on that first syllable to get the pronunciation correct?

BW

[No.5]

I like the spelling Ahnika BW surely people would pronounce it correctly that way..

Agreeing on names can be so hard at times..

[Hollybolly]

Do you think going with Ahnika would help? Not quite the essential oil, but hopefully putting enough emphasis on that first syllable to get the pronunciation correct?

BW

This is EXACTLY what my post would've been.. word for word!

[Antonia Blanche]

Acantha, Allegra, Angelica, Artemisia, Aubretia, Aviva, Benedicta, Calista, Calixta, Camellia, Cassandra, Cassia, Clarisse, Corisande, Danica, Demelza, Edith, Frederika, Gabriela, Gwendolen, Ianthe (eye-anth-ee), Ivelisse, Jamila, Jasmina, Judith, Kezia, Leandra, Liliana, Lucasta, Lysandra, Mariska, Medora, Melisande, Rosalia, Roxana, Saskia, Scarlet/Scarlett, Silvana, Sylvia, Theodosia, Tullia, Veronique, Violet, Violetta, Z?lie, Zephyrine, Zora

If you want to use Anika, I think you should, and I wouldn't advise changing the spelling, because while it may make sure people pronounce the name the right way the first time, it usually doesn't look good. It shouldn't be too hard to just tell them the correct pronounciation.

Just so people know, Nikita is actually a male name, as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita Khrushchev

[Aimz]

In this day and age Nikita is mostly (if not exclusively) used as a girl's name. So don't let that deter you from the name Kitt3n - I think it's gorgeous and it is very rarely used as a boys name!

[No.5]

In this day and age Nikita is mostly (if not exclusively) used as a girl's name. So don't let that deter you from the name Kitt3n - I think it's gorgeous and it is very rarely used as a boys name!

I agree! I've never heard of it for a boy. I have a friend named Nikita and would never contemplate it as a boys name. I think its very girly!!

[Pandora]

I like it but maybe spell in more traditionally like Anneke or Annika?
I hope you work something out its a beautiful name!

[BekZ]

Love Matisse

[~Saram~]

We had the same problem with my DD name so we changed the spelling from Arya to Ariya and (although I'm nit picking) people still say arh -ee - a instead of Arh - ee - yah. On reflection I would have maybe put an "h" on the end.

Anyway enough of my rambling

I see lots of people have given you great suggestions already, the tricky part is then you are spelling the name all the time, or people just assume and spell it incorrectly. My son routinely introduces himself as Xander X-A-N-D-E-R :-)

Some other names we looked at were

Linea' (pronounced lyn-na-ah) with one of those apostrophes
Arwyn
Xaria

[rosehannah]

I pronounced it A-ni-ka too sorry, and then thought of Starwars. I like the idea of slipping a "h" or "r" in there, it may help with getting the right pronunciation. There are so many different ways to spell even the most common name these days that it is just a way of life having to spell your name.
Good luck with your decision

[Je$$_84]

Kitten i have same issue with Tiahna (Ti-Ah-Na..) people seem to say Ti-anna... Grrr


LOVE some of the names on your list. We have Nikita, Tamika and Talitha on our list. When i was looking i found a great site for names.... aussiethings .com.au/babynames

Anika Graceful. A form of Ann. Also see Anneka. Anica, Anicah, Anikah, Aniqua, Aniquah, Anyca, Anycah, Anyka, Anykah, Anyqua, Anyquah

you could easily add the Ah or Ar to these

[~clover~]

I really like Ahnika.
I like Aysha, Talia & Tazia as well. Aysha the most.

Teelah
Anneke
Kyana
Leana
Sahra
Kyla

[Aimz]

I think the spelling of Ahnika would solve the problem of pronounciation but then she will always be spelling it for people.

I really LOVE LOVE LOVE the name Matisse from your list - it's GORGEOUS! Although it doesn't go with the middle name you want to use. I'll come back later when I think of some more.

[ohmygodimamum]

Im still confused with the pronounciation, is it Anika like Anikan Skywalker (starwars) but an Arh sound instead of an 'A' like cAt

sort of like harmonica but with an 'a' harmARnica.

What about using ' Like A'nika -it would stop people saying 'An' like 'can'

[ohmygodimamum]

Ahnika
A'nika
Anihka

[Lulu]

Freya is nice, what about Kali, Ceres?