Pronunciation of Surnames
From the book Enquire Within Upon Everything, 119th Edition (March 1939)
ABERGAVENNY | Aberge'nny |
AYSCOUGH | As'kew |
BARTELOT | Bart'lett |
BEAUCHAMP | Beech'em |
BEAUCLERC | Bo'clair |
BEAULIEU | Bew'ly |
BEGEHOT | Bag'got |
BELLINGHAM | Bellinjam |
BELVOIR | Beaver |
BETHUNE | Beeton |
BICESTER | Bister |
BOISRAGON | Bar'ragon |
BOLEYN | Bullen |
BOUCHER | Bow'cher |
BOURCHIER | Bow'cher |
BOURKE | Burk |
CALDERON | Caldron |
CHANDOS | Shandos |
CHARTERIS | Charters |
CHEYNE | Cheen, Chain or Chee'ne |
CHISHOLM | Chizum |
CHIVAS | Shee'vus |
CHIVES | Shee'vus |
CHOLMONDELEY | Chum'ley |
CIRENCESTER | Sis'ister |
CLAVERHOUSE | Clavers |
COCHRANE | Coch'ran ("ch" guttural) |
COCKBURN | Co'burn |
COGHLAN | Co'lon |
COLQUHOUN | Co'hoon |
COWPER | Cooper |
DALZIEL | Dee-ell |
DILLWYN | Dillon |
DONOGHUE | Dun-no-hew |
DROGHEDA | Dro-heda |
DUMARESQ | Doomer'rick |
DYMOKE | Dum'muk |
DYNEVOR | Din'nevor |
ELGIN | El'gin ("g" hard) |
ENRAGHT | En'rowt |
EYRE | Air |
FALCONER | Fawkner |
FARQUHAR | Far'har |
FIENNES | Fynes ("I" syllable) |
FILDES | Filds (rhymes with wilds) |
FOLJAMBE | Fool'jum |
FORTESCUE | For'teskew |
FOULIS | Fowls |
FURNEAUX | Fur'no |
GAHAGAN | Gay'gan |
GALLAGHER | Gal'laher |
GEOFFREY | Jefrey |
GEOGHEGAN | Gay'gan |
GLAMIS | Glahms ("i" syllable) |
GOUGH | Goff |
GOWER | Gore |
GRAEME | Grame |
GRAHAM | Grame |
GREIG | Greg |
GRIERSON | Greerson |
GROSVENOR | Gro'venor |
HALKETT | Hak'et |
HAWARDEN | Har'den |
HEPBURN | Heb'burn |
HOEY | Hoy |
HOME | Home or Hume |
IVEAGH | Ivah |
IVERACH | Eeverach ("ch" guttural) |
IVES | Ivs ("i" syllable) |
KEILLER | Keel'or |
KEILOR | Keel'or |
KER | Kar or Ker |
KIRKBY | Kir'by |
KNOLLYS | Noles |
KNOWLES | Noles |
LEVESON-GOWER | Looson-Gore |
LYGON | Liggon |
MACLEAN | Mac-la'ne |
MACLEAY | Mac-lay' |
MACLEOD | Mac-loud' |
MACMAHON | Mac-mahn |
MARJORIBANKS | March'banks or Marsh'banks |
MATURIN | Match'urin |
MAUGHAM | Mawm |
MAUGHAN | Mawn |
MCLEOD | Mac-loud' |
MEARNS | Merns or Mairns |
MEIKLEJOHN | Mik'-el-john |
MELHUISH | Mel'-wish |
MENZIES | Meng'is |
METHVEN | Meffen |
MEUX | Mews |
MEYRICK | Merrick |
MONRO | Munro' |
MOWAT | Mow'at ('ow" as in cow) or Mo-at |
MYERSCOUGH | Maskew |
POLE-CAREW | Pool-Cary |
POWELL | Po-el or Pow'el |
POWIS | Pow'is or Po-is |
POWYS | Pow'is or Po-is |
PRIDEAUX | Prid'o or Pree-do |
PUGH | Pew |
PYTCHLEY | Pite-chley |
REAY | Ray |
REES | Reece |
RHYS | Reece |
ROWTON | Row'ton ("ow" as in cow) |
RUTHVEN | Riven or Ruffen |
SCRIMGEOUR | Scrim-jer |
SHIVES | Shee'vus |
SKRINE | Screen |
ST. JOHN | Sin-jun |
STRACHAN | Strawn or Stra-han |
SUTER | Sooter |
THYNNE | Thin |
TREDEGAR | Tread-'eager |
TRYWHITT | Territ |
URQUHART | Ur-hart ("quh" guttural) |
WAUCHOPE | Walk-up |
WEMYSS | Weems |
WOLSELEY | Wools'-ly |
WRIOTHESLEY | Roxly |
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