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How do you pronounce Ian, EYE-en or EE-en? nt
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Ian = EE-en. It's my dad's name.:)
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EE-enI've never ever heard it pronounced EYE-en.
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Ditto
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EE-en,EE-en is how i pronounce IAN
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EE-in
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Who the hell would say EYE-an???
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A Canadian-born naturalized American who spells his name Iain, though I'm not sure that the spelling has a bearing on how he pronounced his name. I mentioned him in my post. Several posters have mentioned that they know or know of men named Ian who pronounce it EYE-an, as has the OP. So obviously there are some out there who pronounce it EYE-an.
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EE-en
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EE-en. I had no idea anyone pronounced it differently.
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EE-en.:)
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EE-en
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I have known stacks of Ians, quite a few Iains and an Ion. All of them pronounced it EE-ən.
EYE-an sounds like a mistake to me, from an English-speaking person who's somehow never seen the name before - or a deliberate attempt to be different.
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EE-en
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EE-en, butIt's usually more like a step between EE-en and EEN.
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EE-enI know both British and Croatian Ians and they all pronounce it this way (also one Iain).
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EE-enOr, to be more precise, a little more like EE-in.
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I pronounce it EE-en, but I knew a man who spelled it Iain and pronounced it EYE-en. Because of this, when I worked in telemarketing, and a name came up that was spelled Iain, I asked for "EYE-en". I was corrected and told it was "EE-en". Even so, I still think "EE-en" when I see Ian and "EYE-en" when I see Iain.
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EE-enI have never heard EYE-en before.
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EE-en. I don't know anyone who pronounces it EYE-en.
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EE-en.
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Ee-en. It's a very common name in the UK and I've never heard anyone pronounce it Eye-en ever.
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I pronounce it EE-en. Growing up, I encountered an Ian who may have pronounced his name EYE-en, but it's possible that the people around him were mispronouncing his name. He didn't correct them, though, so he was either just being polite about it or his name really was EYE-en. Someone did say that he thought that it was actually EE-en, not EYE-en. It's hard to say how he pronounced his name for sure because I didn't ask him directly. Aside from that instance, I've always heard it pronounced EE-en.

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EE-enWhere I live Ian, pronounced EE-en, is a common name. I've never heard it being pronounced EYE-en.Edited - I asked my dad and he knows a man named Ian who pronounces it EYE-an. But I personally have never met anyone who says it that way.

This message was edited 8/4/2012, 12:39 PM

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EE-en.
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I say EE-en, and all the Ians I know are EE-ans. EYE-en would make me think Ion too. I would expect an Ian "EYE-en" to be older (I was going to say "older and possibly British" but that doesn't seem to be the case), or to have some accent different than mine :P.
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So there are people who actually pronounce it EYE-an? I was wondering because Ian is a common name and I've never ever heard it said that way.
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Ian ZieringThe guys who played Steve Sanders on "Beverly Hills, 90210" pronounced his name as "EYE-en"That's the only reference I've ever had for that pronunciation
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YesI never met one for the first 14 years of my life or so and then met several who pronounced it EE-en so I thought that was the correct pr. Today I met my second EYE-en in a week so I got confused and decided to ask.

This message was edited 8/4/2012, 12:27 PM

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I'm not sure. I don't think there are any who say EYE-an... but if I met one pronounced that way, I'd assume they were from somewhere with a different accent.
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The Iain "EYE-an" I knew was American. Living in the Southern US, but did't have a Southern accent. Now that I think of it, maybe he wasn't American, because I think, but I'm not sure, that he told me he was from Canada originally.
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EE-en
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EE-enI've always pronounced it EE-en and know a very cute little boy named Ian William. And in general that's how it's pronounced, especially in Great Britain. Recently my father started working with a man named Ian who pronounces it EYE-en. I'd never heard it pronounced and find it quite odd. When my dad says the name I usually think "Ion" but that might be because there's a TV station we used to watch that was Ion Entertainment.
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