Names you aren't sure how to pronounce

[whatausername]

Since we're all inside for the foreseeable future...

What are some names you're not quite sure how to pronounce? We'll see if we can help each other. But do take answers with a pinch of salt given the wide variety of accents we all have!

For me: Hebe (hee-bee?) and João leave me feeling uncertain.

Eithne

Ché as in Ché Guevara is Shay afaik, Irish origins again there

There used to be a Cuban-Irish pub in Bratislava called O'Ché's.

All joking aside, I think there was an Irish rebel link with him. Like the name cnoc

Yes, I think he was a Galway Lynch on his father’s side, generations back.

Clementine

Clem-en-teen or clem-en-tyne?

@whatausername I think both teen and tyne are acceptable so you just have to ask!

Sheherazade

Sheh -hair- a - zad ( I think. My friend was almost called Sheherazade but her mother opted for the more sensible Janet)

Jess Boscoismyspiritualanimal*
I presume your friend was in the UK.
Putting a name like that on a child in Ireland back in the day would have people saying you had notions.

And having notions is a very bad sin in Ireland.

English mother

I don't know where that Jess came from Boscoismyspiritualanimal.

An English mother - shure no wonder she has notions.