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Dont worry about names - my sons Kindergarten class has the most unusual names and no one bats an eyelash - it is not like when we went to school - hardly any of the kids have a so-called "regular" name - almost all of them are exotic.
Pronounciation, actually I'd probably say 'shee-ah'...but if people said 'zia' or 'x-ee-ah'...it wouldn't bother me at all. My last name is like that, very easy for people to mispronounce, and it doesn't bother me.
I like the sound of all 3, so if there seemed to be one more dominant way that people regularly said, I wouldn't that at all. I'm more attached to the spelling and shortness of it, then I am the exact way it will be pronounced, and I like all of the various pronounciations.
I am unsure if it would bother a daughter with the name though who always had to give pronounciation. However, it is only 3 letters...so not that difficult to tell someone who asks. Maybe even an interesting conversation starter for her.
Regarding one poster who said to choose an 'american', i.e. 'anglicized' name. That was the only concern I had, was people who preferred anglicized names. But, with the multitudes of non-anglicized names, and my own last name is short, but not anglo either, I think it might have a nice sound, 'Xia'.
Anyways, thanks for the support on the name. I'll still be following the thread eager to hear other responses as well.
I think the spelling is beautiful--just looks beautiful written and depending on her demeanor, she will feel special as the potentially only "X" name in the class!
P.S. There is Hell, MN, so that they can say "Hell froze over today." Really... funny the first few times...ah, who am I kidding--it never gets old. One's idea of entertaining/funny does go down a bit toward the middle/end of winter!
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Off-the-topic: USA has amazing town names - Moscow, Paris, Bagdad, Rome, Denmark, Cuba, Typo, Metropolis, Gay, Hell (I am from Hell?)
I like Xia much better than Xiana, I think the beauty of this name is in the simplicity of it, plus it will be much easier for her and others around her to learn how to spell her name.
My two cents, having an unusual name myself. I think the name "Xia" is pretty, both visually, and once I read others explain how to pronounce it. I feel similarly about my own name...
That being said, most people (85%) get the pronunciation wrong of both the full name and my nickname. Even after they get to know me, many have trouble getting the pronunciation based off the spelling. I even tried changing the spelling, which didn't help. Almost no one spells my name correctly, even when I spell it out for them, even when they are people I interact with regularly. It's inconvenient when people can't find you in databases, etc because they can't spell your name.
Just my two cents, and I love my mother and will always respect the name she chose and keep it... but I might give her a slightly more common name as a first name, and use the more unusual one as a middle name. Let her decide once she's older if she wants to go by the unusual name, or if it's a language issue for relatives, maybe they could call her by her Chinese name and she could have a more common one to use in the US.
I really like it.
Before looking at the thread I said "Zy-Ah". But however you pronounce it, I think it's great. Better than some of the names you hear celebrities giving their kids.
My daughters middle name is Alaea. Got it off a bag of "Whale Tails" out in San Diego, CA when on vacation. It's a Hawaiian sea salt seasoning and we pronounce it "Ah - lay - ah". We even asked someone we know who's from Hawaii, and he agreed with that.
My step-sons middle name is Xavier (Like the professor on X-Men). Pretty cool imo.
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