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Yea or Nay: Annalena

October 7, 2009 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

While I was working on recent Name of the Day Alina, I stumbled across the German Annalena. I don’t believe this is an official list, but you’ll find Annalena at #107.

With Anneliese and company garnering mentions in more and more baby name forums, I have to ask: Annalena, yea or nay?

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Comments

  1. Panya says

    October 8, 2009 at 7:23 AM

    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 fianc

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  2. Dearest says

    October 7, 2009 at 11:00 PM

    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 🙂

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    • photoquilty says

      October 7, 2009 at 11:07 PM

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

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      • Dearest says

        October 7, 2009 at 11:12 PM

        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… 🙂

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      • appellationmountain says

        October 9, 2009 at 5:59 PM

        I love Honora!

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    • appellationmountain says

      October 9, 2009 at 5:49 PM

      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.

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  3. Annelise says

    October 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM

    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…

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    • photoquilty says

      October 7, 2009 at 10:56 PM

      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.

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  4. Bewildertrix says

    October 7, 2009 at 10:13 PM

    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.

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  5. photoquilty says

    October 7, 2009 at 6:58 PM

    Nay. It falls into the Anna- name blob.

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  6. British American says

    October 7, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    I’d say it AHN nah LEE nah. It does have a pretty sound. Personally I’d probably pick Anna over Annalena, but it would be cute to meet a little Annalena.

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  7. appellationmountain says

    October 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM

    Sebastiane, I’d guess that your pronunciation is right, but I’m not sure. AHN nah LEE nah is probably just as valid, at least in English. (Shades of the Helena conversation …)

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  8. Bek says

    October 7, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    It’s just a bit too much for my taste. Almost smooshed and forced

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  9. Sofia says

    October 7, 2009 at 5:31 PM

    Hmm. Pretty, but too many “N”s for me.

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  10. shay120 says

    October 7, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    Oooo, yay, I think its very pretty. I’m saying (AHN-nah-LAY-nah).

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