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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).
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
Uuummmm...neither.
I looked at it and saw Are-Ya. Like, 'Are ya going to the shop?'.
Not a fan, sorry.
Ah-re-ah
Probably like a pirate - ARRRGH-yah. But then I like playing pirates.
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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We are most likely calling our DD2 "Aya" from Game of Thrones :)
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.
And if you call her Arya, make sure her middle name or your last name doesn't start with N.
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.
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
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.
i would say Ah-ree-ya but i have a friend with a DD with that name & that's how they pronounce it.
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.
I always read it as Ah-ya in the books. I like Aria as well but would spell it that way.
Are-ya
Thought that is were you got it from Miss Dee :)
If you look up on the GoT site it's suppose to be pronounced ARE-yuh
I'm blind, why?:
Yeah for me I'd say Are-ya
'Arya N.' has racist connotations that most people would prefer to avoid, I would imagine.
I pronounce the name in the book the same way as 'Aria' meaning song, ie with three syllables. I think it's a beautiful name.
Oh duh, thanks... looks like my brain isn't engaged today.:
Definitely Are-yuh. I wouldn't have thought to look at it any other way, weird. If you spelt it Aya, I would say ay-ah (as in heya without the h)
Lol M :D
I quite like Aya - if you want Ah-ya then Aya is definitely the way to go. I saw it and went Ah-ree-ah.
Or Aria. But of course in Australia that has music connotations... :dunno: Dunno.
When I read GoT, I've pronounced it like Aria. It's a pretty name.
I have a Persian friend whose son is called Arya (pronounced Ar-yee-ah). Ārya is an ancient Sanskrit word used by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists. I think it's most commonly a boys name although can be a girls name also with this spelling.
Me too:
I read it as Ah yu... It's the elf princess in Eragon.
I only recently started watching Game of Thrones and loved the way the name Arya looked written, but was confused about the pronunciation because different characters say it different. I had decided it was pronounced like "Aria" until I read this thread :)
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Yep same here.
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.
"aria" like a song.
Im not sure if its because im a Kiwi but when I see the name I say it A ry ( like Rye ) a. Nobody else seems to see it like this so maybe im just a wee bit strange haha
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Google: Aryan race.
I read it like N2L - Are-ya
I just read it again and my immediate thought was this this time: