Message: "Dalya/Dalia pronunciation"

[Facts] Dalya/Dalia pronunciation

by holly (guest)

9/21/2009, 10:37 AM

Hello! I have been hunting up information on this name and I hope you can help.

1. Is DAY-lee-uh a legitimate pronunciation?
2. Is Dalya a legit spelling?

Thank you!

#pronunciation

Replies

- Just Jonquil

9/30/2009, 4:55 AM

Two names are liable to be confused.
The Hebrew Dalia/Daliah/Dalya is dah-lee-ah
Dahlia, as in the flower, can be dah-lee-uh or day-lee-uh (the latter is the usual Brit pronunciation of the flower)

- Anneza +1

9/21/2009, 10:34 PM

If you want to pronounce it DAY-lee-uh like the flower, then why not spell it Dahlia and save a lot of explanations?

- holly (guest)

9/22/2009, 6:29 AM

It is not my child. I do know a small Dahlia, though, and her name is pronounced dahl-ee-uh, not day-lee-uh.

- Murasaki (lady murasaki)

9/21/2009, 12:37 PM

Dalya's in the database as a variant transcription of the Hebrew name Dalia, so I suppose it can be considered legit.

View Message

Replies