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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I prefer Maren over Mara. If you wanted mahr -uh it would need to be spelled Maura.[/quote] Except Maura is pronounced mohr-uh. And Moira is pronounced moy-ruh. And both will be mispronounced a lot.[/quote] IME, Moira = moy-ruh, Mara = mah-ruh, and Maura is either mohr-uh or mah-ruh depending on the regional accent. Similar to loh-ren vs law-ren.[/quote] That's the problem with these names. They each have an origin and "correct" pronunciation, but in the US in particular you see a wide variety of interpretations. To me, if someone pronounces Maura as mah-ruh, it's wrong to my ears because it's my grandmother's name and she would correct anyone who pronounced it that way. She'd rather someone pronounce it mou-ruh (like ou as in ouch) than mah-ruh. I stayed away from names like this when naming my DD because I just didn't want her to spend her entire life either correcting other people's pronunciation or accepting that people pronounce her name three different ways because it's easier than constantly correcting. I really like the names Mara, Laura, Thea, Rhea, Alicia, Alana, Kara/Cara, Camilla, and Meghan, but every one of them has at least two pronunciations and I just didn't want to deal with it. We chose a name that has exactly one correct pronunciation in the US and where even in other countries, the pronunciation is extremely close and would not result in confusion with another name.[/quote]
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