Ann-Harrod

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I used to work with a lady who gave her daughter this name. Had never hear it before, or since, and always wondered if she'd just made it up to try to sound "posh"

Anyone ever come across this before?

no, it is the evolution of names, it isn't ridiculous, it is normal, your name will have evolved from something else and from something else and from something else.

I don't get the jeering and mockery of this at all, it is a nice name, it is a name with a long history, there is nothing to see here.

well exactly, it was a name used for a clothing brand. A well established and well known name, used by a store, as are other well established and well known names - this name has been in the country for generations.

I just dont know where you think names come from, or any word at all really. Every single name and word you use today will have its history and evolution. Try going through the day without say He, or They, for example, words developed when vikings could not cope with the complicated english grammar when they were trying to communicte with their english -mothered children, and so they evolved and developed an easier version, based on norse.

Every single word and every single name comes from somewhere else, which comes from somewhere else, which comes from somewher else, and so on for thousands of years.

How is supposed to be pronounced? The Fury Road character ( the pregnant one who dies) was referred to as Annharrad(* spelling).

The character in Fury Road is Angharad. The g is silent, so it's pronounced more or less Anharrad.

Pronunciation of Angharad.

Say the word 'sang'. Take the 's' off. That's the first syllable.

Then 'har' like in Harry, but you should roll the 'r.

Then 'ad' like in add up a sum.

The emphasis is on the middle syllable - AngHARad

The character in Fury Road is Angharad. The g is silent, so it's pronounced more or less Anharrad.

The g isn't silent in Angharad though.

Yes you're right that was an oversimplification, but it's swallowed somewhat most pronunciations, which is why the PP couldn't hear it when she was watching Fury Road.

Yup, if someone tried to tell my friend Angharad that the g in her name was silent she'd not be best pleased. 😂

I think Jacamo was the clothing brand. Jackamo I can't quite fathom. Why stick "amo" on the end of the perfectly decent name Jack.

Apparently the kid was conceived in Italy - so call him Giacomo then! At least then his mates would find a totally different meaning when they look his name up on Urban Dictionary.

In Welsh there's no g in it. The ng is one letter, and it's not an n-g/ng-g sound.

ng in Welsh is indeed a separate letter in the alphabet.

It's the International Phonetic Alphabet sound ŋ

One explanation for English speakers is to listen to the difference between 'singer' and 'finger'. ŋ is the sound in 'singer'.

That's why I suggested saying the word 'sang' and dropping the 's' to get the first syllable. In IPA 'sang' is saŋ

Jackamo is fine, but not if you say it's Italian for Jacob.
Giacomo is Italian for James, and is more j(y)ah co-mo.

Giacomo is Italian for James and Jacob. It is pronounced with a slight lilt on the "Gi". Jackamo is a made up name and not an anglicised evolution, that's bullshit.

As for Ann-Harrod - priceless. If I had had a daughter she would have been called Angharad. It is a beautiful Welsh name.

If I had had a daughter she would have been called Angharad. It is a beautiful Welsh name.

Its meaning is also rather nice - 'much loved'.

I thought Jacob was Giacobbe.

Yes Giacobbe can also mean Jacob but Giacomo is much more commonly used. Giacobbe is more often found as a surname.

This reminds me of a old school friend who called her daughter Aoife( pronounced I-oath-e) when it's an Irish name pronounced Ee-fah.

They are definitely mispronouncing it, they’re just intentionally mispronouncing it.

OP if you were familiar with the name Angharad how did you not make the connection before starting this thread?

My guess is that you had never seen Angharad written down and assumed it was Ann-Harrod based on the sound (possibly because it was mispronounced) and are now backtracking.

Either way it’s hilarious.

Or the family round here who were astonished to hear the reception teacher call their daughter Klow-ee. They pronounced it Shlow.

Omg. Surely she meant Angharad and just anglicised it.

it’s not quite the same though as Ann-Harrod is missing the /ng/ sound.

should be Ang-Harrod

The last syllable is a short 'a' not the 'uh' sound in the English pronunciation of the shop as Harruds.

Agree (fluent welsh speaker). But ang- Harrod pronunciation is normal in England even though technically wrong
last /a/ should be as in /cat/ but English speaker can’t manage this unless you change the stress to the last syllable, which apparently is very difficult 😞

My best friend is called Angharad. When I met her I thought her name was Ann and that her surname was Harad. Your acquaintance has almost certainly just misheard it and lumbered her poor daughter with a ridiculous name..

@ginasevern . Thanks. I knew that James and Jacob meant the same, but don't know the surname bit.