https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:36:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-811236 Mon, 27 May 2013 13:35:12 +0000 SugarplumsMom 811236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: Exactly. Linnea was "the" name I fell in love with way before I found out it was a family member's middle name. </p> <p>@sarac: I agree. It's a pain the ass to pronounce and even though it's supposed to be a local name here (where we're living) I secretly hate the accented e. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-811214 Mon, 27 May 2013 13:19:03 +0000 sarac 811214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would pronounce it Lin-eee, but mostly I would just think that is was needlessly difficult to pronounce for Americans. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-811212 Mon, 27 May 2013 13:16:19 +0000 tequiero21 811212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tysonja: @cheesetomywhine: hahaha glad I'm not the only one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-811025 Mon, 27 May 2013 10:57:03 +0000 spaniellove 811025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like Linnea without the last sound, so Lin-nay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-811014 Mon, 27 May 2013 10:45:31 +0000 cheesetomywhine 811014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: I did the same thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-811009 Mon, 27 May 2013 10:39:45 +0000 MrsScallop 811009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with others, Lin-aye. It's pretty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-811006 Mon, 27 May 2013 10:37:31 +0000 tysonja 811006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: same here! i was reading aye as in aye aye captain! :) and eh as in how us canadians use it... :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-811003 Mon, 27 May 2013 10:35:10 +0000 tequiero21 811003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. I was pronouncing it Lin -a like a in cake. But I voted eh by accident. I was reading aye like I in ice cream. Don't ask. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810917 Mon, 27 May 2013 09:32:49 +0000 pui 810917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: This. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810914 Mon, 27 May 2013 09:30:08 +0000 Ash 810914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lin-aye </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810891 Mon, 27 May 2013 09:04:01 +0000 Pepper 810891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lin-aye </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810885 Mon, 27 May 2013 08:56:17 +0000 808love 810885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lin-aye. I know a kid named Brendé. Love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810863 Mon, 27 May 2013 08:41:33 +0000 travelingnanny 810863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lin-eeeeeeee</p> <p>I think that name is very cute too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810858 Mon, 27 May 2013 08:38:32 +0000 Foodnerd81 810858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: Same. </p> <p>If I heard it pronounced that way, though, I wouldn't know how to spell it-- I'd probably spell it Linnay, which I don't think is as pretty as yours. But I don't know how to do the accent over the e on the keyboard! (I'm in the US). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810857 Mon, 27 May 2013 08:38:07 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 810857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lynn-knee. 2 syllables. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810854 Mon, 27 May 2013 08:35:13 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 810854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lin-a like beyonce beyonc-a </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810798 Mon, 27 May 2013 07:41:43 +0000 Happygal 810798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lin-AE, emphasis on the second syllable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810788 Mon, 27 May 2013 07:11:49 +0000 Bao 810788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lin-aye. That's how I read it anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810787 Mon, 27 May 2013 07:08:40 +0000 cheesetomywhine 810787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted lin-eh but I am saying it as lin-a (sounds like the letter name not like at the end of bella). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810786 Mon, 27 May 2013 07:08:01 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 810786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: same </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810751 Mon, 27 May 2013 05:27:12 +0000 MrsTiz 810751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lennie!</p> <p>Lin ney. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810744 Mon, 27 May 2013 05:06:21 +0000 lamariniere 810744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted for the third one as an English speaker, but the French in me would pronounce it slightly differently, Lee-nay, much like @zippylef. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810713 Mon, 27 May 2013 03:15:52 +0000 loveisstrange 810713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first instinct was to pronounce it Li-NAY (which I guess is like your choice of Lin-AYE). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810708 Mon, 27 May 2013 02:44:30 +0000 Sweet T 810708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would pronounce it Lyn-aye. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-pronounce-this-name#post-810698 Mon, 27 May 2013 02:17:32 +0000 SugarplumsMom 810698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How would you pronounce Linné? Multiple votes enabled for those that would pronounce it differently depending on where they're living (as opposed to where they're from). </p>