Compiled by Gary R. Toms and James PylantThe list of examples which follows will help the researcher become familiar with the type of surnames discussed in this article. This is by no means a complete list. Many readers will be aware of others which fit the criteria described. We encourage you to share those. If enough are received to warrant it, a supplemental list may be posted here. PLEASE NOTE: These examples have been collected by the authors over a period of 37 years, and reflect many different situations. Especially be aware that some pronunciations are localized, and the surname occurs under a more common pronunciation elsewhere. (Accented syllable is italicized.) Allier = all yer, al leer Althorpe = al thrup Ansderau = an drews Askey = harrisky Athey = ath uh Bacot = buh coat Bakerstere = bax ter Baldwin = boll den, ball den Balfour = bal fer Barbee = bob bee Barham = barm Barfield = bare field Battaglia = buh tal yuh Baughman bow man Bayles = bay luss Beall = bell Beals = bales Beaucattie = byoo kay dee Beauchamp = beech um Beaufoy = boffy Behle = bay lee Behrens, Behrends = bear enz Berkeley = bark lee Blount = blunt Bodde = bow dee Boehner = bay ner Boemer = bay mer Bohm = baum Bouchier = boxer Boutiette = boo tee yay Bownds = bounds Brasseur = brassy Buras = boo ross Burrell = burl Burrow = burr Cahusac = kuh zack Caughman = cawf mun Caughron = cock run Chapelle = supple Chapuis = sho pee Chicheley = chess lee Childress = child erz Cholomondley = chumley Cockburn = co burn Colbaugh = cal bow Colquhoun = ca hoon Coquerel = cock ril Cordes = codes Costello = cost uh low Cowe = coe Cowper = coop er Coylton = cull tun Creamer = cray mer Crough = crow Crowe = crauw Crowfoot = craw ferd Cruwys = crews Cukjati = shuh ka tee Cusenbary = koosh en bree, koozen berry Dalziel = deal, dee ell Darlingscot = darscot Death = deeth De Leow = dill oh De Ville = da veel De Vore = dee voe DeLoach = dill oh Dier = deer (not dyer) Dieudonne = dud ney Donen = dah nen Donne = dunn Dubois = doo b'wah, doo boyce Duchamp = doo shawn Dupuis = du pee Eames = aimz Eleazer = el ee ay zuh Eliason = E lee uh son Eyre = air Farve = fav er Faucher = foo shay Featherstonehaugh = fan shaw, featherston hoar, featherstone haw Fiennes = fines Fjoser = fee oh ser Fohn = fone Fooshee = foo shay Frieh = free Fullwood = fullard Gehl = gale Geiger = gee guh Gein = geen Giesenschlag = geezin slaw Gilbreath = gil breth Girardeau = jerry doe Girlington = gill en tine Gotham = goat um Gochener = go nower Goupe = guppy Grandtully = grant lee Grosvenor = grove ner Guyn = gwin Hatfield = hatfull Hebert = a bear Hechter = hesh tay Hoar = harr Hockenhull = hock nell Hoeffer = hay fuh Hoescht = herkst Hogg = hoag Horger = her guh Hough = huff or hoe Housley = ow slee Huger = you jee Hulme = hewm Iahn = yahn Jacques = jakes Jaeckle = yack-lee, yeck-lee Jameson = jim er son Jahnz = Jants Jeffries = jeff ress Jordan = jur dunn Jung/Jongh = yung Keats = kates Keitt = kit Kerr = carr Kinard = ky nud Knoepker = kuh nep ker Koch = cox Koenig = king Kolb = culp Kuch = cook Kuykendall = kirk en dahl Lachey = Luh chay Lassiter = last er Le Cog = lay cock LeFavre = luh fave Lefever = luh fave Lehne = laney Lidia = lie dee Leicester = Lester Lied = leed Livesay = le va see Logiudici = luh jah dus Loizeaux = lu wah zo Luckhoo = luh koo Luenstein = liv ing stone Lutyens = luh chens Lyster = lester Machen = macken Mainwaring = man er ing Mantooth = mon teeth Marquis = mark wiss Matous = may tosh, mattice Maurice = morris Maury = murr ee Mayberry = may bree McGill = mackle McGough = muh gew McGrath = Mc graw McKey = mac kee McLeroy = mack ul roy, muck ul roy McLin = mack lun Meador = medd uhs Melancon = Mel lawn sawn Meetze = mets Meierotto = murr oh tee Menzies = ming iss Merrill = murl Moberley = mob lee Murchison = murk e son Murdaugh = murder Neuffer = ny fuh Osbourne = oars man Ouzts = oots Partain = parr tun Peil = pale Peirce = purse Pelletier = pelter Peulen = pauline Peyre = peh uh Pieniadz = penny ants Poaches = po shay Plowden = plew dawn Porcher = puh shay Pylant = pe lawnt, paw lunt Radford = red furrd Ralph = rafe Randolph = ran duff, ran dal Reagan =ree gunn Riedel = rey dell Rives = reeves Robertaille = robe it tie Rubarth = roo bert Salisbury = solls bree Schachte = shack uh tee Scheuch = shoyshh Schlumberger = schlum ber zhay Shore = shaw Shough = shuff Speight = spate Speissegger = spize ay juh St. Clair = sink lur St. John = sin jun St. Paul = sem pul Taliaferro = tal liv er Tarpley = taplee Tatham = tate um Teuscher = toy sher Tignor = tick ner Toms = toamz, toomz Towle = tole Tuomey = too mee Tuthill = tuttle Urquhart = ur cut Ussery = ush uh ree Van Dien = van dean Van Slaigh = van sly Van Kleeck = van clake Walling = wald in Waters = waiters Whitworth = whitter Wilde = vil duh, will dee Worcester = woost er Yedon = yay den Reprinted and revised from "Taliaferro is Tolliver: Surnames Sound A Challenge," American Genealogy Magazine, Vol. 13, Nos. 1 & 2. |