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

06/08/2022

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