Comments on: Yea or Nay: Annalena

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:59:20 +0000

I love Honora!

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:49:03 +0000

I like Annora – and Honora. I think the correct German pronunciation would fall flat in the US, Dearest. It’s pretty – but I think the urge to “Americanify” the sounds would win out for most people, rightly or wrongly.

By: Panya

Panya — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:23:49 +0000

Analena is my nephew’s half-sister’s name, combining her great-grandmother’s names [Ana + Lena]. My former sister-in-law and her Mexican-American fiancé wanted a name that would work well in both English and Spanish, and that would also honor family. I love the sound, and the meaning behind it, but I really dislike the spelling ['anal' jumps out at me straight away, same with people wanting to use Analiese].

By: Dearest

Dearest — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:12:49 +0000

Annora is a form of Honora, and a prettier one in my opinion ^^
I like it because you can honour both an Anne and a Nora in one name, and it’s still melodious, easy to spell and pronounce and not very common, which are all good qualities to me…

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:07:33 +0000

I’ve never heard of Annora, but I have heard of Honora, pronounced ah-NOR-ah. Interesting name.

By: Dearest

Dearest — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Since I know some German, the correct (German) pronunciation is neither AHN-nah-LAY-nah or AHN-nah-LEE-nah, it’s more similar to AHN-nah-LEH-nah, i.e. no ‘i’ or ‘y’ sound at all, just ‘e’ as in everyone ^^ Almost (but not quite) as if it were Annalenna (think Lennon)…

I really like it as a name, but my favourite name with an Ann component is Annora

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:56:39 +0000

I love Annabel. Unfortunately, I have a dog named Annapolis whom we call Annie, and Belle/Bella names are all too common for me to ever use any name with -bel/-belle in it.

By: Annelise

Annelise — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:48:05 +0000

I like it, but maybe just because it reminds me of my own name when people pronounce it correctly

Nevertheless, it’s too cute & artificial to for me to actually use…and I’m a fan of Annabelle…

By: Bewildertrix

Bewildertrix — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:13:12 +0000

I’m no fan of Anneliese and its common multiple misspellings but Annalena is nice.
There are odder and fustier Anne- smushes I like a little more but I’m still foremost an Anna/Annie fan when all said and done.

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:58:24 +0000

Nay. It falls into the Anna- name blob.