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Anaïs
What do you think of Anaïs? It's been growing on me lately. Also, how do you pronounce it? I've heard anna-EES and a-NYE-is.
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Anaïs has always been cool. I've known a couple bearers growing up, both Hispanic girls. I've only ever heard the pronunciation ah-nah-EES.
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The person I know who has it (she's French) is AH-NA-EES. I think it's beautiful.
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A-NA-EES, like the site pronunciation. It’s okay, I understand the appeal it’s just never been anything special in my mind.
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Don't like it at all, too close to anus
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My favourite form of Anna, by far.I find it very elegant and sweet. I love this name written with the diaeresis (I've also seen Anaís and I like it too). I pronounce it a-na-EES.
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It's correctly pronounced ah-nah-EES. The trema is indicating that the i needs to be pronounced separately.I used to love it but I am tired of it. It was super common in France. Also, it makes me think of Anais Gallagher and I find her a tiny bit annoying. She also mispronounces it as ah-NAYS which is too close to "anus" for my comfort. Because she is well known I'd be worried that people got used to her pronunciation and would constantly as ah-NAYS.
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