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My daughter is Anais we pronounce it Anay

Ann-ay

I'm Catalan, and Anaïs it's uh-nuh-EES with my accent, which is pretty close to the "standard" Catalan, but you could easily hear ah-nah-EES anywhere in Catalunya, too...I guess there isn't a BIG difference between the two pronunciations.

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EDIT- Oh, and I ADORE this name, it's one of my favourites...although it has a weird feeling of "trashy name" here in Catalunya -I think it's due to the great popularity of Anaïs in France, that has made it almost lose the beautiful Provençal-Catalan feeling that it has, and so, it makes Catalan people a bit "fearful" to use it...the different French governments haven't done much for us, minority cultures, rather the contrary...if we're still alive, it's just because we're inner survivors.

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EVA

This message was edited 9/2/2005, 5:49 AM

The French pron is ah-nah-is (like ees but shorter).

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

I say, "Uh-NAY-uss."

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"I wish long hair was associated with something other than drug use, such as, 'An extreme longing for cake.'" Then strangers would see a long haired guy and say, 'That f***** eats cake! He is on bunt cake.'"
-Mitch Hedberg

I pronounce it like Anne - eye - eese. (Anne like the name, eye like the body part, and eese like "geese" without the G.) I have no clue if this is right, but that's my way.

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~ Hannah ♥