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I love it and pronounce it N-eye-ah. I also like Nia.

When I look at Nyah all I see is a playground taunt of "nyah nyah nyah." The taunt is not pronounced n-EYE-ah, obviously, but I'm not sure how to spell it to make the pronunciation more clear; sort of "neh" with a Y twist toward the front, if you follow me. I can only say, I think the spelling Naia is both prettier and avoids the perception of the taunt.

I would say it like Nye-uh, rhyming with Mya.

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It is a very pretty name, I've heard it before but I can't quite put my finger one it.

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Nee-uh would be more along the lines of Nia, also okay but I much prefer the other pronounciation.

This message was edited 12/27/2007, 12:34 PM

Pretty sure it's NYE-ah. Just seems made-up to me, but I'm not sure.

When I first looked at it I would say it in one syllable, Nyah, which just sounds like some type of silly noise. But since it is supposed to be a name, I suppose it would be pronounced NIE-ah (rhymes with Maia/Maya). Therefore I'd spell it Naia or Naya instead. I don't like it, but it's not absolutely horrible.

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(Edit: when I looked at the message, Nyah was linked, and apparently it's a form of Nia. I'd pronounce Nia NEE-ah. So I guess pronouncing Nyah that way would make sense too.)

This message was edited 12/27/2007, 10:51 AM