How Would You Pronounce the Name "Annika"?

I'd say Ah-ni-ka.
That's what Seven-of-Nine's name was before she was assimilated by the Borg.
Ann-i-ka sounds like too flat an A for my liking.

I'm a big Star Wars fan, so I also thought of Anakin Skywalker. I would probably pronounce it "Ann" "i" (short "i") "ka." Rhymes with Monica :-)

One of my closest friends is named Annika. It's pronounced "Ah-nnika" (like Monica without the M), and I've never heard anyone mispronounce it, nor has she ever complained of having a difficult-to-pronouce name. In fact, a few folks (including her husband) use the nickname "Annie" for her, which changes the A sound, but it never seems to be an issue, just endearing. I think it's a great name!

That's my niece's name.

We pronounce it Annie-kha.

Ah ne ka

It is a lovely name but will be mispronounced and misspelled all of her life

I would pronounce it Ah-knee-kah

i read Ann icka (short i sound)

Like Anakin (Skywalker) with an 'uh' at the end instead of the in.

Rhymes with Monica. Awe nick ah.

In Dutch, Annika is ann-EEK-ah. In Swedish, unn-EEK-ah. In German, it is Annie-kah. In Hebrew, it is spelled Anika and pronounced un-EE-kah.

If a certain spelling and pronunciation are important to you then you need to choose another name. Your family will be correcting people all the time and that gets really old really fast. Just ask my friend who thought it would be cute naming her daughter Alice but spelled Alyse. They've actually considered getting her name legally changed to Alice because the correcting is beyond annoying

Ah - ni - ka. A friend's daughter has this name and that is how they pronounce it.

I would pronounce it Ann ick a

yes, just how you wrote it. It seems pretty straight forward (I like your spelling of the name), yet with any name someone will mispronounce it.

Ann and the 'ika' sounds like the end of Monica.

I pronounce the A and I as a short "a" and "I" sound. An i ka

When I saw it, I thought "Anakin Skywalker"...but without the last "n"...

I would pronounce it Dawnica but drop the D.

Ann icka. I pronounce it that way only because I know of a girl with the name and that's how it's pronounced by her family.

I know several Annika's. All of them pronounce it the same - ON-i-kuh (with a short "i" in the middle)

Just scrolled down and saw the poster that said "rhymes with Monica" and that is exactly what I was going for.

I would say ANN ika
Emphasis on ANN
ika with a short i

But, I can imagine these alternatives:
ON ika
a NEEK a

A high school friend's name was Andrea, which her family pronounced "ON drea" but when meeting her, everyone said "ANN drea" Drove her crazy.

I had a friend pronounced like you want, but hers was with a C. I think it was Annicka.

I would assume that the "ann" is pronounced as though it were Anne or Ann. Then I'd assume the "ika" would be like the last two syllables in Monica. Although I would think that some would pronounce the first A like the a in father.

You'll just have to correct people's pronunciation if you choose a name that can have varying pronunciations. We know a girl named Hannah, but her family pronounces the first syllable like "hah" as in father, not "ha" as in "hat".

It's a pretty name!

Either on-ick-a or ahh-knee-kah

Hope that makes sense.

ANN. eh. ka.
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I would pronounce "Ann - (short) i - ka" until advised differently.

I would pronounce it the way you do. Like Anakin (Star Wars), only the girl version :-)

I would pronounce it the way you would.