How Do You Pronounce That Name?(Continued from Surnames Sound a Challenge)The 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 or al leer Althorpe = al thrup Ansderau = an drews Askey = harrisky Athey = ath uh Bacot = buh coat Bakerstere = bax ter Baldwin = boll den or 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 or 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 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 or 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. |
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