Anonymous
Post 06/15/2019 18:24     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Stuuu iddd
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2019 18:11     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Cayenne pepper
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2019 18:10     Subject: Re:How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Anonymous wrote:Tsi yen


How do you pronounce that?
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2019 18:05     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Anonymous wrote:Like Ryan with a K. I don't know which gender I would assume. Looks feminine to be, but sounds masculine if pronounced the way I said. A friend just named her son Kaien, which is pronounced "Kyan," but her husband is Japanese.


Agree with this pronunciation and I would guess male--either an ethnic name or down-market Caucasian.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2019 17:52     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Cayenne. Like the pepper. Hope the kid grows up to be extremely attractive or at the very least comfortable with the hot and spicy association.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2019 17:07     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
When I see it, my brain immediately thinks of three possible pronunciations, so not knowing which is right, if I'm in a hurry I'd say, Hey Kiddo?
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2019 17:03     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Asian American, pronounced GEEN, for a boy, but surely I’m wrong, as I’m white.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2019 16:57     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
I would pronounce Kia YAN as well, and have no idea about gender.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2019 16:06     Subject: Re:How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Tsi yen
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2017 14:03     Subject: Re:How would you pronounce Caiyan?
I would pronounce it like Cayenne, the sporty and luxurious mid sized SUV
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2017 12:19     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Anonymous wrote:Um...

Kai-yan

I wouldn't think boy or girl so mucy as cayenne pepper, but if I had to take a guess...um, girl?


+1
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2017 09:15     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'd pronounce it "pretentious parents"


How about "non-Caucasian/American" parents. Is that OK with you, that some people are from different cultures?


Yes. But still pretentious as hell. Cai is a family name--is it yours? Why run the two together like that? So people won't know you're naming your kid Janedoe or Susanjohnson?

Are you going to pronounce it Ts'aiyen?


Wow. So much nastiness here. I knew a Chinese woman named Caiyan. She did pronounce is Tsaiyen. I don't assume her parents were pretentious. I assume they are Chinese and gave their daughter a Chinese name/
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2017 22:24     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
The same way I pronounce the name of someone I know, Kyan. KYY- Ann.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2017 22:21     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Id assume African American for both the girl and boy version. And I dislike both.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2017 22:14     Subject: How would you pronounce Caiyan?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here: What race would you assume?

Honestly, my first assumption would be white American parents trying to be "yoonique." Wouldn't be surprised to find out it was a foreign language/ethnic name, though.


Me too, with the pretension. I would pronounce it Kyan, like Ryan with a K (thinking of Kyan from Queer Eye).