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Oona - Same as you, OH-nuh. I've only met one girl with this name, and that's how she pronounced it. Most people, it seems, say OO-nuh, like Una.

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Iona - Again, same as you. eye-OH-nuh.

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Ione - I seem to be alone in this one, as I say eye-OH-neh. Almost the same as Iona.

Oona- OOH-nuh
Iona- ay-OH-nuh
Ione- AY-oh-nee

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The only one I really like is Ione. Iona is okay, and I dislike Oona.

Oona- OO-nuh
Iona- Eye-OH-nuh
Ione- Eye-OH-nee

I like all of them, especially Oona and Iona!

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Oona: OH-na or OO-na
Iona: eye-OH-na
Ione: EYE-oh-nee

I pronounce Oona just the way it's spelled (OO-na, basically a homonym for Una), but I pronounce Iona and Ione the way you do. I like Oona and Ione, but Iona reminds me of the old Iona Mercedes joke, so I get hung up on how much it really does sound like "I own a..."

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I don't have any combos, but I think I prefer them as middle names.

I really like Iona!
For me it's rather a girls name and I pronounce it pretty much like "Jonah", but not with a "j" in the beginning but a spoken "e". [e-OH-na]

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Ione is nice, too but definitely not as pretty as Iona since it reminds me of the Ionian Sea and iron for some reason.... and names with an -e in the end are rather middle names than first names for me. I pronounce it the way I pronounce Iona, but without an a/e-sound in the end. [e-OWN]

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Oona isn't that bad, but quite odd due to the repeating "o" in the beginning. I'd pronounce it like [UW-na] or [OO-na], not exactly sure about the correct expression.

Oona - OO-nah
Iona - eye-OH-nah
Ione - EYE-oh-nee

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Ione is my top favourite name! I like the previous suggestion of Ione Laurentia, I feel like the middle name should end in -a/-ia. I plan to use Ione if I ever have kids.

Oona - uu-nah
Iona - eye-oh-nah
Ione - eye-oh-nee

Oona - pronounce Oo-nuh. I really like it but can never think of anything to pair it with to do it justice

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Iona - The same as you. I really like this too Iona Jasmine

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Ione - I'm weird i always automatically pronounce it eye-own.

Oona [OO-nah]
... Cecilia (my Oona combo)
... Roisin
... Lilias
... Magnolia
... Daphne
... Hermione
... Seraphine

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Iona [IE-oh-uh]
... Natalia (a song by Larkin Gayl)
... Felicity
... Calixte
... Francine
... Maxine
... Rosemary
... Greer
... Verity
... Persephone
... Penelope
... Bellamy

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Ione [IE-oh-nee]
... Xaviera
... Callista
... Laurentia
... Lark
... Jessamine
... Caroline
... Lisette
... Tabitha
... Aqila

Oona - OO-nuh ('oo' as in "boot")
Iona - eye-OH-nuh
Ione - eye-OH-nee or EYE-oh-nee

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I like Oona, and Ione is ok when the first syllable is stressed - otherwise Iona and Ione just sound to me like "I own a"

Oona- OO-na
Iona- eye-YO-na
Ione- YO-nay

The same as you, except Oona like oooh-nuh. I think the double o definitely implies "ooooo." LOL.

This message was edited 11/21/2011, 9:20 PM