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ti-TAN-yə on instinct, but tie-TAY-nee-ə is much nicer. It's a bit too theatrical and fairy queen for my taste, and the first three letters don't help.

I pronounce it like Ty-tay-nee-uh.

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I really like it and always thought if I had to have themed twins that Titania and Ophelia would be lovely together.

I pronounce it tee-TAN-yah.

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The TAN part rhymes with Ann. I also pronounce Titanium as tee-TAN-i-um and Titan as tee-TAN.

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I’m Danish.

I don’t care for it. It makes me think of the Titanic.
I would pronounce it Tye TAIN e yuh.

I think it's ty-TAY-nee-a.

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I like that it was used by Shakespeare and I love the play.

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But I foresee endless "titty" "tits" jokes and comparisons to the Titanic :( There are names that were used by Shakespeare that sound much nicer.

It has a very cold vibe to me. I don't think it's usable - it reminds me of Titanic, titanium and has the word tit in it.

A friend of a friend is named ti-TAWN-ya. The "tit" is fairly pronounced...

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I like it. I like Tie-TAY-neea better though.

I really like it!

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I don't pronounce it like titanium, though. For me, it's "tih-TAH-nee-uh"; the first syllable is like "Tim" in Timothy.

'tih-TAH-nya', the other way like titanium just sounds dumb

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I think it's beautiful and grand but it's just a lot of name for a regular person

When I first saw it, I misread it as Titanic
Tie tan e a, much prefer Tatiana

Tie-tah-nee-ah is how is pronounce it. I live in the US if that makes a difference. It is nice; it makes me think of a queenly woman who may or may not be secretly a fairy ruler. I love Tatiana more because the 'a' seems more expansive or at least less like the word tight.

I’m not super familiar with this name but upon seeing it here I assumed it was pronounced the “British English” way according to this site. I think that’s how I remember my English teacher pronouncing it when we read A Midsummer Night’s Dream in school, so that’s what came to mind first, along with the image of a fairy queen. I much prefer that to the American pronunciation indicated here, which is much more... metallic!

My instinct is to pronounce it like titanium: tie-TAY-nee-ah. I really like this pronunciation. However, every performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream pronounces the name ti-TAHN-ee-ah (or ti-TAHN-yah), which to me sounds like someone took Tatiana and made it... weaker. Why would you diminish a Titan?

When I did A Midsummer Nights Dream my teacher pronounced it Tee -tah-nia and I’m from the UK. It is the name of the fairy queen in Shakespeare’s play and her husband is Oberon

When I read Midsummer as a kid I pronounced it like tit + anya in my head. Then I took a Shakespeare class in HS and the teacher pronounced it TYE-tain-ya (like Titan), which sounded much better to me. Then I took another Shakespeare class in college and the professor said titanya again! I still prefer TYE-tain-ya.

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Bad name overall

As a Dutch person, I pronounce it as tee-TAH-nee-yah.

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Other Dutchies might say that it is actually tee-TAH-nee-ah, but if you listen closely, you will typically hear a faint 'y' even from them.

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The name is all right in general, but a bit too heavy for a first name. I would put it in the middle name slot.

I guess like Ty-TAY-Nee-a?
Don't like it. It doesn't sound like a real person, more like a fantasy character, and the tight or tit beginning , whichever it might be, is off-putting.