how would you pronounce this first name?

[disney world dreamer]

Deanne

i ask because its my name and almost everyone i encounter pronounces it wrong.
and everyone seems to have a completely different wrong way of pronouncing it.

i really got to thinking about it today cuz i went to one of my doctors and he butchers it soooo bad that i never know if he is calling me or not.
there have been times where he will come out and walk over to me and gesture to me to come instead of attempt to say my name.

 

[Imzadi]

Deanne

i ask because its my name and almost everyone i encounter pronounces it wrong.
and everyone seems to have a completely different wrong way of pronouncing it.

i really got to thinking about it today cuz i went to one of my doctors and he butchers it soooo bad that i never know if he is calling me or not.
there have been times where he will come out and walk over to me and gesture to me to come instead of attempt to say my name.

DEE-ann

 

[kaytieeldr]

Just correct him every time. It doesn't matter how any of us pronounce it. What matters is how you do.

 

[sonnyjane]

DEE-ann

Same.

But a funny topic. I attended a conference over the weekend and sat with a girl that had a somewhat unusual (but not terribly odd) printed on her name tag. I asked her how to pronounce it and said that throughout the conference, but repeatedly other people pronounced it differently and she never corrected them or anything all weekend. Finally at the end I asked her if I had been saying her name right because I was starting to doubt myself and she assured me yes, she just never corrects people that get it wrong. I feel like that would really bug me!

 

[bethy]

Dee-ANN

 

[EMom]

Dee-ANN

 

[disney world dreamer]

Just correct him every time. It doesn't matter how any of us pronounce it. What matters is how you do.

i'm just curious to see how many people out there actually do know how to pronounce it when they see it.

it becomes more irritating to me when i tell someone how to say it over and over and they still say it wrong.
once people say it wrong the first time that seems to stick so its like talking to a wall to correct them.

 

[EMom]

Just correct him every time. It doesn't matter how any of us pronounce it. What matters is how you do.

That's not necessarily true. If you spell your name "Cinderella" and pronounce it "Belle", then it's reasonable for people to pronounce it the way it looks and unreasonable for you to say they are mispronouncing it.

Is she Dee-ANN?
DEE-nee?
DEAN-uh?
Dee-AHN?
DEEN?

What is it? Once I know that, I can say whether she is being unreasonable. FTR, I have only see this pronounced as Dee-ANN.

 

[LJSquishy]

Dee-ANN.

I've never heard it pronounced any other way...and if yours is pronounced differently, you're wrong. LOL!

 

[Diznygrl]

Dee-ANN. Unless you pronounce it some other way, I find it amazing that you would run into so many people who pronounce it wrong!

 

[elphaba91]

Dee-ANN
/di’æn/

Although, it could also be Dee-AHN
/di’ɑ:n/

 

[NHdisneylover]

I'd assume Dee-Ann (with almost equal stress on both syllables) as that is how I have always hear it.

If you told me otherwise, I would change what I said though.

My name is Hadley, Two syllables.
Most of my life, especially as a child, people insisted on adding a third syllable and saying it as if it rhymed with Natalie My third grade teacher never did get it right.

 

[wilma-bride]

I would pronounce it Dee-ann, not stressing one syllable or the other - but then I am British and we (apparently) 'speak funny' anyway

 

[indimom]

Dee-Ann for me also. I wouldn't think twice about "saying" that name when seeing it in print. So, if this is wrong, I think you need to give people some slack and just tell them how it is pronounced.

Whether or not the Dr. would annoy me would depend on how often I saw them. My son sees an allergist once a year. Her office is always full and she works six days a week. I wouldn't expect her to remember his name (and it is an unusual one also). But his GP's office who saw him weekly while he got his allergy shots? Yeah, I kind of think they should know his name and I'd be annoyed if they kept mispronouncing it.


So, how do you pronounce it, OP?

 

[Christine]

Dee-Ann.

 

[kaytieeldr]

That's not necessarily true. If you spell your name "Cinderella" and pronounce it "Belle", then it's reasonable for people to pronounce it the way it looks and unreasonable for you to say they are mispronouncing it.

Is she Dee-ANN?
DEE-nee?
DEAN-uh?
Dee-AHN?
DEEN?

What is it? Once I know that, I can say whether she is being unreasonable. FTR, I have only see this pronounced as Dee-ANN.

Who said anything about unreasonable? If Cinderella pronounces her name Belle, yes, she needs to offer her correct pronunciation every time. My name is simple if it's just read correctly. Pronounced exactly how it's spelled. A tiny bit unusual, but somewhat popular mid-century. People say it wrong constantly.


Speaking of pronunciation, how would you all pronounce GHOTI ?

 

[olwyngdh]

Speaking of pronunciation, how would you all pronounce GHOTI ?

Fish.

My oldest has a lot of problems with people pronouncing her name, and she always corrects them. It has gotten to the point with one woman she works with refusing to pronounce it correctly (that's too hard!I can't remember it!) that she has started mispronouncing her name. I don't see how Arlina is difficult. r-lin-ah. Not r-line-ah, not r-leen-ah, not air-leen-a....

After dealing with people having trouble with her name, we named the younger one Mary.

 

[alicat8]

Fish.

My oldest has a lot of problems with people pronouncing her name, and she always corrects them. It has gotten to the point with one woman she works with refusing to pronounce it correctly (that's too hard!I can't remember it!) that she has started mispronouncing her name. I don't see how Arlina is difficult. r-lin-ah. Not r-line-ah, not r-leen-ah, not air-leen-a....

After dealing with people having trouble with her name, we named the younger one Mary.

I would say ar-lee-na, definitely. I've never seen -ina at the end of a name pronounced like "in a". Tina, Catalina, Katrina...

I would say Dee-ann too!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

i'm just curious to see how many people out there actually do know how to pronounce it when they see it.

it becomes more irritating to me when i tell someone how to say it over and over and they still say it wrong.
once people say it wrong the first time that seems to stick so its like talking to a wall to correct them.

How do you pronounce it?
I have trouble with names with awkward pronunctiations. If it is just a little off, give then a little grace especially if your name is pronounced differently than the norm.

I would pronounce it DEE-Ann. I would try my best to copy you perfectly. But my ears give me trouble and I would hope you would not be indignant because I could not meet your standard. I assure you, it isn't out of insistence that I think my way to pronounce is better.

I have a friend named Andrea--I know he two ways to pronounce it: Ann-Dree-uh and Ahn-dray-uh. She is close to the second pronunciation, but there is a nuance I cannot pick up no matter how hard I tried. She understands. And since I cannot pick it up, I don't know how to write what the pronunciation should be.

 

[kamik86]

I would say ar-lee-na, definitely. I've never seen -ina at the end of a name pronounced like "in a". Tina, Catalina, Katrina...

I would say Dee-ann too!

I agree that is how I would have pronounced Arlina too.

For the OP maybe I'm weird as my first though was Day-ann instead of Dee-ann (so pronouncing the de like the Spanish de.

My favorite misprounciation stories are these two:
I have a cousin named Tranae (not sure I spelt it right) but its pronounced Tra-neigh (so the first syllable in track and rhyming with sleigh). The reason is they saw someone from another country at a store that say a Trainee badge on an employee and though it was her name pronouncing it this way. They liked it and named their daughter that... just changing the spelling to not look like Trainee.

My maiden last name was Gallagher before I was married. Literally the only group I have ever heard mispronounce it are telemarketers. Everyone else got it right easily but they never did. So we were all taught young as kids that if the person on the phone can't say our name right mom and dad are not available to talk to them.