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It's of Celtic origin and most likely would have been pronounced, like others have said, like KOON-reek or KOON-rik. One source I looked at (don't know how terribly reliable it was, but it was a historical website) said that "Cynric was sometimes spelled Kendrick or Cymric". No idea if this is true, but it would seem to uphold these pronunciations.

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Note: I have seen it used (in Laurell K. Hamilton's books) as SIN-rik, as well as on one baby name site. This annoys me. "Cs" were not pronounced softly in ancient/olden times, and I wouldn't pronounce Cynric that way at all, even now.

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But what do I know? haha!

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Today, I'd probably pronounce it either like KOON-rik or KIN-rik, and probably the latter.

This message was edited 3/14/2012, 1:47 PM

Don't like it. Historical names belong in history books.

Having never seen it before, I would guess that it must be a medieval-ish name and would pronounce it as "KIEN-rick", long "i" in the first syllable.

Ooh, I like it a lot! I looks so gold and shiny. I'd pronounce it KIN-rik.

Not 100% sure, but the original Old English pronunciation would have been something like kuen reek: y = like German ü and i = like French i.

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eta: It's still in use here, just about. Two of them in the last 30 years.

This message was edited 3/14/2012, 2:52 AM