How do I say this name?

[CornishPastyPirate]

Good evening
the name I’m struggling with is Jou’lez
is it the same as joules? or completely different?
i can’t find this spelling anywear and it’s the name of my friends new son so I would like to know how I should say it ( I could ask her I know !)
thank you x

I would say it zhu-lay, I think, with like a soft 'j' at the start?

I would say " what on earth were you thinking?"

Erm... if she made it up, your only hope is to ask her. Oh boy.

I would assume it's the same as Jools. Unless there's a different culture or language involved? (The apostrophe reminds me a bit of Breton names.)

Zhu lay

Just ask her!

The sooner she becomes accustomed to people looking puzzled and asking for clarification the better.

I’d assume it’s said like Jules/Jools

If assume Joules but I wouldn't like to take a guess without asking her tbh.

I'd*

Is it from a particular culture or country? Not a name I recognise.

What-the-actual-fuck. Or Joo-leez. Depending on your level of politeness.

It looks like it should be pronounced as though it was French. So zhu (joo with a soft 'j')-lay.

I'd just say something like, 'What an interesting name...how are you pronouncing it?' (Whilst inwardly feeling sorry for the poor kid who will be spending his entire life answering this question!) 😱🙄

This.

It's not Breton, it's fiction.

Julie each and every time

It’s a name she invented I imagine so just ask her

Ask her. She obviously wants everyone to ask her. Otherwise she'd have called her baby Jules. Or Julie. Or Balonz.

Ask her. Then pronounce it a different way every time. And put the accent in a different place every time you send a card. I pity the poor child.

It's so 'unusual' you'd be quite right to ask her, you won't be the only one!

It's not Breton, it's fiction.

Breton as a name though? That works.

What’s with the random apostrophes in the middle of names.

@bitelover , AFAIK the only letter in Breton with a ' is c'h

I'd ask how to say it and whether or not the name is registered yet

i think you may be right and she’s made it up
shes English as is her partner so I don’t think it’s anything other than her being creative.

Oh god how naff.

What were they thinking??

Anyway. Just ask her. She can hardly be offended if she’s just mashed some random letters together, can she.

Wow, ridiculous. Pronounce it phonetically - Joo or Jow Lez, she'll probably delight in telling you the 'correct' pronunciation as if you're rather silly not to know it in the first place.