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Help[Opinions] Delaney Pronunciation
How do you pronounce Delaney?
Do you like this name?
How would you intuitively spell a name pronounced Del-in-ee?
Do you like this name?
How would you intuitively spell a name pronounced Del-in-ee?
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When I was a kid and just learning English I came across the name Delaney in a book and thought it was pronounced DELanay, :D and then later on for a long time I thought it must be DEL-uh-nee, like Melanie with a d. But the first time I actually heard it pronounced it was de-LAY-nee so now that's what is my default pronunciation.
Im not a huge fan of surname names but Delaney isn't too bad.
For the Del-in-ee pronunciation. Maybe Dellanee? I don't like how it looks at all but the pronunciation seems rather straightforward to me with this spelling. Or Delanie?
Im not a huge fan of surname names but Delaney isn't too bad.
For the Del-in-ee pronunciation. Maybe Dellanee? I don't like how it looks at all but the pronunciation seems rather straightforward to me with this spelling. Or Delanie?
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de-lay-nee... I think there's really only one way of saying it, and everyone is trying to transcribe the same thing. It is 100% not del-in-ee.
Delaney is beautiful sounding and looking and I have a personal association with it (as a surname) with someone I really loved. So I think of it as strong, spirited, tragic, stained with melancholy... I don't like it as a name per se, it's way more of a surname to me, and I don't like very surname-y names, but I do like it in itself and I really do think it sounds beautiful... and I actually don't mind seeing it used as a first name as much as I normally would do, because I associate it so much with my loved one that it's just nice to see little reminders around. If I wasn't sentimental about it, I'd probably see it first and foremost as a surname and be like 'eh, lovely sound, but it's a surname'.
I do not think del-in-ee sounds anywhere near as beautiful and I would actually be a bit put off to see Delaney and see it pronounced del-in-ee...
Del-in-ee - Delinee? Delynee? Deline? I don't know, it's hard to make something up... just please don't use Delaney and pronounce it del-in-ee!
Delaney is beautiful sounding and looking and I have a personal association with it (as a surname) with someone I really loved. So I think of it as strong, spirited, tragic, stained with melancholy... I don't like it as a name per se, it's way more of a surname to me, and I don't like very surname-y names, but I do like it in itself and I really do think it sounds beautiful... and I actually don't mind seeing it used as a first name as much as I normally would do, because I associate it so much with my loved one that it's just nice to see little reminders around. If I wasn't sentimental about it, I'd probably see it first and foremost as a surname and be like 'eh, lovely sound, but it's a surname'.
I do not think del-in-ee sounds anywhere near as beautiful and I would actually be a bit put off to see Delaney and see it pronounced del-in-ee...
Del-in-ee - Delinee? Delynee? Deline? I don't know, it's hard to make something up... just please don't use Delaney and pronounce it del-in-ee!
This message was edited 1/19/2022, 2:20 PM
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"...just please don't use Delaney and pronounce it del-in-ee!"
I heard someone say a name that sounded like Del-in-ee, and I was trying to figure out how it might be spelled. I'm not expecting a baby.
I heard someone say a name that sounded like Del-in-ee, and I was trying to figure out how it might be spelled. I'm not expecting a baby.
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deh-lay-nee. It's ok. Probably Dellaney or similar, but definitely with two L's.
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It's ok d lane e
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Like the surname, surely - duh LANE ee. If you want it to sound like Del-in-ee, then whatever else you do, double the L.
Delliny or Delliney would clearly indicate the pronunciation you want.
Delliny or Delliney would clearly indicate the pronunciation you want.
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duh-LAY-nee. Despite it being a more modern-sounding name, I quite like it. I like the nn Laney.
I would intuitively spell that pronunciation as Delleny or Delliny.
I would intuitively spell that pronunciation as Delleny or Delliny.
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Delleny or Delliny works. I heard someone say this name, and my brain kept wanting to spell it Delaney even though the pronunciation was different.
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deh-LANE-ee. I've met a few and they've pronounced it that way.
My brain wants to make it mock-French "Deligny" couldn't tell you why.
My brain wants to make it mock-French "Deligny" couldn't tell you why.
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I can see how Deligny could work.
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Duh-Lay-Nee
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De-lay-nee
No it’s just a last name to me.
No it’s just a last name to me.
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duh-LAY-nee. I don't like it. Ummm Delanee? Della Knee?
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