Names on here that you say 'wrong'

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So, it turns out that Calliope is pronounced kah-ly-ah-pee - I just assumed is was "cally-ope" and was thinking, what an odd name to give someone

Any others?

Thanks Bob

I though Anaïs was Ann-ay-iss

*thought

Tagine -that's not too far off - Ann-ah-ees [http://forvo.com/search/Anais/fr/]]

I read a thread on here years ago with people insisting that Esme was only ever Ezmay. The only Esmes I've met have been Ezmees (all adults) so I was a bit .

I'm confused about Caitlin too - I've only heard of it as Kate-lin. I'm not Irish though so that may be why.

I've been confused about Aaron before as well but not sure why. I've always said 'Ah-ron', but again I remember reading that was wrong but I don't know why.

I've met some Aaron's who pronounce it Air-On and some Aaron's who pronounce it Ah-Ron.

Air-ron! That's it, thanks Shadowfire. I've only come across Ah-ron but interesting to know it can be pronounced differently.

I knew Hermione from a Winter's Tale at school . I've done pretty well on the Iris ones too. Am sure there are ones I stuff up though.

It was a winters tale - you are right. We were doing a production of the dream at the same time on the dance&drama club.

Aoife .... is Eee th a ... same as Ethan ...

A couple of others I'm not sure on. Actually, they might be the same name! Lorely and Lorelei. I'd pronounce the first as Lorruly, but the second more as Lorrulay. Correct?

Lorelei is lor-uh-lie

Oh gosh I thought Aoife was ee-fa

It is Glitz

Evelyn gets me all the time. Eeevalin or Ehvalin

Or Ehv-lin

Aoife definitely is ee-fa

Saoirse varies regionally, sometimes it's Surshuh. That's how Saoirse Ronan pronounces her name.

Phew! just because a pp put the "th" sound in rather than f

As for Evelyn (lovely name) I pronounce it ehv-lin but have been corrected before

When I was about 7 or 8 I read a book with a character called Penelope in it. For years I thought it was 'Penny-Loap', like penny loaf

:D

(Not as an adult though!)

My MIL insists that her name (Jacqueline) is pronounced as Ja-kwa-leen

I'm always a little at that because I know three others by that name and they all pronounce it as Jak-a-lin (nearest I can get)

This thread is a proper eye opener! Reminds me of my brother talking to me about a book n the character called "Dafeen" . I'd never heard the name n asked him to spell it so he duly did D...a...p...h...n...e . He said I ruined it for him when I told him the pronunciation as he felt like he had to re-read the book with its new character lol.

For me, Esme is like Penelope or Daphne. Perhaps I should start pronouncing them Penelopay or Daphnay?

EllenJane, Penelope and Daphne are Greek so the pronunciation is clear.

Esme has a French or Scottish origin depending on who you talk to so the pronunciation is possibly different. The first recorded uses of it includes Esmé Stuart, a cousin of James II. He had a French mother iirc and the accent and his heritage definitely imply the pronunciation of Es-may.

That's the problem with our language in general. So many mixes of other languages that the rule for one name may not be the same for another depending upon from where they were borrowed.

I've read the thread but still don't know how to pronounce Calliope or Hermione
I thought Hermione was Her-my-nee? But is it Her-mee-oh-nee?
Never realised there was such a name as Calliope before now! So is it pronounced Cal-ee-oh-pee?