Как правильно пишется имя гаяне

Actually your assumption is wrong — de-facto both versions, Гаянэ and Гаяне are used (the same about Armine), this is even mentioned in Wikipedia:

Гаянэ́ или Гаяне́ (арм. Գայանե) — армянское женское имя греческого
происхождения; русские формы имени — Гаиания, Гаяния1. Греческая
форма (др.-греч. Γαϊανὴ) образована от др.-греч. Γῆ, Γᾶ, Γαῖα — Гея,
либо от γῆ, γαῖα, γαίη, γαἶα — земля.

The same holds true about Манэ/Мане and Моне/Монэ — it’s just that, again, de-facto, the form with -е ending currently prevails.

So, the real question is — why in one particular case (French last names, to be specific) one form dominates while we can not say the same about Armenian names?

To start with, when it comes to «natural» Russian words, rules about how e is pronounced are very straightforward: at the beginning of the words and after vowels it’s pronounces like «йэ» and if it follows a consonant that consonant is softened (palatalized). So, if we follow this rules, Гаянe would be pronounced as Гаяньэ — it doesn’t sound right for Armenian speaker, doesn’t sound right at all.

Following factors increase the probability of Russians spelling Armenian names with ‘э’:

• They doesn’t not transliterate this names from Latin alphabet
• In that rare cases when they do (for instance, in scientific texts) in original they, surprisingly can see both form — Գայանե and Գայիանէ (the obsolete form) — those can designate slightly different sounds, but in both cases the closes would be Russian ‘э’.
• Most likely if someone spells this name at all is because he knows someone named Гаянэ, Рипсимэ, Арминэ etc. — they hear how the person themselves pronounce this names. And, when they hear it, the spell it as they hear it.

Funny thing is that for Russian Armenians this situation is sort of like the Наталья/Наталия «controversy» — in fact, many of them prefer the -е ending and insist on using it when referring to them, say, in letters. Also, keep in mind that for some Armenian names the ‘-е’ form dominates, so there are more Арменs rather than Армэнs.

In my opinion, following factors are contributing to the prevalence of «-е» spelling in French names:

• The tradition to translate this way all foreign word in general (see галифе, портмоне, стейк, флешка and even Фейсбук and Хеллоуин)
• The fact that these names are transliterated from Latin script where they are written like (in our case) Manet and Monet.
• The fact that Russians usually don’t know any French people and French people usually don’t pronounce their names to Russian speakers — that’s why if someone spells their name, they usually just google how it pronounced de-facto. Since the contributing factors mentioned about, they most likely find Манеand Моне and just go with it. Thus, increasing the number of «-e» cases further.

Actually your assumption is wrong — de-facto both versions, Гаянэ and Гаяне are used (the same about Armine), this is even mentioned in Wikipedia:

Гаянэ́ или Гаяне́ (арм. Գայանե) — армянское женское имя греческого
происхождения; русские формы имени — Гаиания, Гаяния1. Греческая
форма (др.-греч. Γαϊανὴ) образована от др.-греч. Γῆ, Γᾶ, Γαῖα — Гея,
либо от γῆ, γαῖα, γαίη, γαἶα — земля.

The same holds true about Манэ/Мане and Моне/Монэ — it’s just that, again, de-facto, the form with -е ending currently prevails.

So, the real question is — why in one particular case (French last names, to be specific) one form dominates while we can not say the same about Armenian names?

To start with, when it comes to «natural» Russian words, rules about how e is pronounced are very straightforward: at the beginning of the words and after vowels it’s pronounces like «йэ» and if it follows a consonant that consonant is softened (palatalized). So, if we follow this rules, Гаянe would be pronounced as Гаяньэ — it doesn’t sound right for Armenian speaker, doesn’t sound right at all.

Following factors increase the probability of Russians spelling Armenian names with ‘э’:

• They doesn’t not transliterate this names from Latin alphabet
• In that rare cases when they do (for instance, in scientific texts) in original they, surprisingly can see both form — Գայանե and Գայիանէ (the obsolete form) — those can designate slightly different sounds, but in both cases the closes would be Russian ‘э’.
• Most likely if someone spells this name at all is because he knows someone named Гаянэ, Рипсимэ, Арминэ etc. — they hear how the person themselves pronounce this names. And, when they hear it, the spell it as they hear it.

Funny thing is that for Russian Armenians this situation is sort of like the Наталья/Наталия «controversy» — in fact, many of them prefer the -е ending and insist on using it when referring to them, say, in letters. Also, keep in mind that for some Armenian names the ‘-е’ form dominates, so there are more Арменs rather than Армэнs.

In my opinion, following factors are contributing to the prevalence of «-е» spelling in French names:

• The tradition to translate this way all foreign word in general (see галифе, портмоне, стейк, флешка and even Фейсбук and Хеллоуин)
• The fact that these names are transliterated from Latin script where they are written like (in our case) Manet and Monet.
• The fact that Russians usually don’t know any French people and French people usually don’t pronounce their names to Russian speakers — that’s why if someone spells their name, they usually just google how it pronounced de-facto. Since the contributing factors mentioned about, they most likely find Манеand Моне and just go with it. Thus, increasing the number of «-e» cases further.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Gayane.

Gayane (Armenian: Գայանե (reformed); Գայիանէ (classical)), also spelled Gayaneh, is a popular Armenian female name of unknown meaning.^[1] Some relate it to the Ancient Greek word gaia, who was the «earth goddess,»^[2][3] see Gaia.

Gayane was the name of an abbess who was martyred with other nuns by Tiridates III of Armenia in the year 301.^[4] She was subsequently made a saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church.^[5][6]

Notable people with the name Gayane:

• Kourtney Kardashian, baptized with the name.
• Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998), Armenian composer
• Gayane Khachaturian (1942–2009), Armenian painter
• Gayane Kostanyan (born 1988), Armenian footballer

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Gayane.

Gayane (Armenian: Գայանե (reformed); Գայիանէ (classical)), also spelled Gayaneh, is a popular Armenian female name of unknown meaning.^[1] Some relate it to the Ancient Greek word gaia, who was the «earth goddess,»^[2][3] see Gaia.

Gayane was the name of an abbess who was martyred with other nuns by Tiridates III of Armenia in the year 301.^[4] She was subsequently made a saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church.^[5][6]

Notable people with the name Gayane:

• Kourtney Kardashian, baptized with the name.
• Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998), Armenian composer
• Gayane Khachaturian (1942–2009), Armenian painter
• Gayane Kostanyan (born 1988), Armenian footballer

References[edit]