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HelpHow would you pronounce these?
Without looking it up, how would you pronounce these names?
Minea
Saga
Lykke
Miriel
Vila
Nilas
Frans
Isidor
Vide
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PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/45898
Top: Alice and William
Bottom: Kensi and Alvin
Minea
Saga
Lykke
Miriel
Vila
Nilas
Frans
Isidor
Vide
PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/45898
Top: Alice and William
Bottom: Kensi and Alvin
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Mi-NE-ya
SA-ga (with both a’s pronounced as the a in hat)
Lykke (this is a Danish name so I know how it’s pronounced). LØ-guh. The Ø is not a sound I know of in English. Close to the ir in Sir, but not quite. It’s more rounded. It’s almost identical to oe in the French word Soeur
MEE-ri-el. Like Muriel but with I instead of U
VEE-la
NEE-las
Frans. The a is like ea in Heart but the sound is shorter.
ISSI-dore
VI-duh
SA-ga (with both a’s pronounced as the a in hat)
Lykke (this is a Danish name so I know how it’s pronounced). LØ-guh. The Ø is not a sound I know of in English. Close to the ir in Sir, but not quite. It’s more rounded. It’s almost identical to oe in the French word Soeur
MEE-ri-el. Like Muriel but with I instead of U
VEE-la
NEE-las
Frans. The a is like ea in Heart but the sound is shorter.
ISSI-dore
VI-duh
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Minea - min-EE-a or min-AY-a (ay rhyming with bay)
Saga - SAH-ga
Lykke - LEE-kuh (ending with a schwa)
Miriel - MEE-ree-elle
Vila - VEE-la
Nilas - NEE-luhs
Frans - FRAHN-z
Isidor - IHz-ih-dor
Vide - VEE-duh (ending with a schwa)
Saga - SAH-ga
Lykke - LEE-kuh (ending with a schwa)
Miriel - MEE-ree-elle
Vila - VEE-la
Nilas - NEE-luhs
Frans - FRAHN-z
Isidor - IHz-ih-dor
Vide - VEE-duh (ending with a schwa)
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Minea- mi-NEE-uh
Saga- SAH-guh
Lykke- LEE-kay
Miriel- mir-ee-EL
Vila- VEE-luh
Nilas- NEE-lahs
Frans- FRAHNS
Isidor- IZ-uh-dor
Vide- VEE-deh
Saga- SAH-guh
Lykke- LEE-kay
Miriel- mir-ee-EL
Vila- VEE-luh
Nilas- NEE-lahs
Frans- FRAHNS
Isidor- IZ-uh-dor
Vide- VEE-deh
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I have a German/French background in case that matters ;)
Minea - I know this as a Romanian surname. I guess as a first name my guess would be mee-NEH-a? With a long EH sound (I guess in English most people would describe it as AY but I wouldn't open my mouth that much).
Saga - ZAH-ga, hard G.
Lykke - LEE-keh? Otherwise it is so close to "lick".
Miriel - mee-ree-EL
Vila - VEE-la
Nilas - NEE-las
Frans - FRAHNS
Isidor - ee-zee-dohr
Vide - VEE-de
Minea - I know this as a Romanian surname. I guess as a first name my guess would be mee-NEH-a? With a long EH sound (I guess in English most people would describe it as AY but I wouldn't open my mouth that much).
Saga - ZAH-ga, hard G.
Lykke - LEE-keh? Otherwise it is so close to "lick".
Miriel - mee-ree-EL
Vila - VEE-la
Nilas - NEE-las
Frans - FRAHNS
Isidor - ee-zee-dohr
Vide - VEE-de
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To a Dutchie:
Minea - mee-NAY-ah
Saga - SAH-gah or even SAH-khah if I encountered it in the Netherlands
Lykke - LEE-kə
Miriel MEE-ree-el or MI-ree-el if in the NL
Vila - VEE-lah
Nilas NEE-lahs
Frans - FRAHNS (my uncle's name)
Isidor - EE-see-dor
Vide - VEE-də (with the side note that this is to me strictly an architectural element. It also is 'empty' in French, so it would be hard to see it as a name)
Minea - mee-NAY-ah
Saga - SAH-gah or even SAH-khah if I encountered it in the Netherlands
Lykke - LEE-kə
Miriel MEE-ree-el or MI-ree-el if in the NL
Vila - VEE-lah
Nilas NEE-lahs
Frans - FRAHNS (my uncle's name)
Isidor - EE-see-dor
Vide - VEE-də (with the side note that this is to me strictly an architectural element. It also is 'empty' in French, so it would be hard to see it as a name)
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Minea - min-AY-ah
Saga - SAR-gah
Lykke - LIEK
Miriel - mih-REE-ell
Vila - VEE-lah
Nilas - NIE-lass
Frans - fran-ZZ
Isidor - IE-zz-ih-DOOR
Vide - I really don't know... VIED or vid-EE
Saga - SAR-gah
Lykke - LIEK
Miriel - mih-REE-ell
Vila - VEE-lah
Nilas - NIE-lass
Frans - fran-ZZ
Isidor - IE-zz-ih-DOOR
Vide - I really don't know... VIED or vid-EE
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mih-NAY-uh
sah-gah
LEE-kah?
mee-ree-el
VEE-lah
NYE-lus
FRANZ
ih-zi-dohr
VEE-deh
sah-gah
LEE-kah?
mee-ree-el
VEE-lah
NYE-lus
FRANZ
ih-zi-dohr
VEE-deh
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Min-ay-uh
Sah-gah
Lie-key
Meer-ee-el
Vee-la
Neel-ahs
FRONS
Is-ih-door
Vide - as it looks.
I have no idea lol
Sah-gah
Lie-key
Meer-ee-el
Vee-la
Neel-ahs
FRONS
Is-ih-door
Vide - as it looks.
I have no idea lol
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Min-AY-uh (Minea)
saw-guh (Saga)
LIKE-ee (Lykke)
MIR-eeh-ell (Miriel)
VEE-luh (Vila)
NIE-luhs (Nilas)
FRAHNZ (Frans)
is-UH-dor (Isidor)
VEE-day (Vide)
saw-guh (Saga)
LIKE-ee (Lykke)
MIR-eeh-ell (Miriel)
VEE-luh (Vila)
NIE-luhs (Nilas)
FRAHNZ (Frans)
is-UH-dor (Isidor)
VEE-day (Vide)
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Minea - mee-NAY-a / mə-NAY-ə
Saga - SA-ga / SA-gə
Lykke - LEE-kə
Miriel - MEER-ee-el
Vila - VEE-lə
Nilas - NEEL-əs / NEEL-as
Frans - FRANS / FRANZ
Isidor - IS-ə-dor / IZ-ə-dor
Vide - VEE-də / VEE-day
Saga - SA-ga / SA-gə
Lykke - LEE-kə
Miriel - MEER-ee-el
Vila - VEE-lə
Nilas - NEEL-əs / NEEL-as
Frans - FRANS / FRANZ
Isidor - IS-ə-dor / IZ-ə-dor
Vide - VEE-də / VEE-day
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Thanks..
Lykke seems to be the hardest one. If you look in the comments of the name there are several different pronunciations, none really accurate if you ask me.
Maybe I should do a video of how it's pronounced haha, and maybe some of the others as well like Nilas (my son's MN)
Lykke seems to be the hardest one. If you look in the comments of the name there are several different pronunciations, none really accurate if you ask me.
Maybe I should do a video of how it's pronounced haha, and maybe some of the others as well like Nilas (my son's MN)
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Mih-NAY-uh
SAH-ga
LEE-kuh
MEE-ree-el
VEE-la
NIE-las
FRAHNZ
IZ-ih-dor
VEE-day
SAH-ga
LEE-kuh
MEE-ree-el
VEE-la
NIE-las
FRAHNZ
IZ-ih-dor
VEE-day
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Minea ...min-EE-uh
Saga ...SAH-guh
Lykke ...no idea...lie-kuh, leh-kuh, lee-kuh, leh-kee...
Miriel ...MEER-ee-EL
Vila ...VEE-luh
Nilas ...NEE-luhs probably because it's next to Vila, so maybe NIE-luhs sometimes...
Frans ...FRAHNZ
Isidor ...ees-ID-or...not the same as Isidore
Vide ...no idea...VEE-duh maybe
Saga ...SAH-guh
Lykke ...no idea...lie-kuh, leh-kuh, lee-kuh, leh-kee...
Miriel ...MEER-ee-EL
Vila ...VEE-luh
Nilas ...NEE-luhs probably because it's next to Vila, so maybe NIE-luhs sometimes...
Frans ...FRAHNZ
Isidor ...ees-ID-or...not the same as Isidore
Vide ...no idea...VEE-duh maybe
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Minea- Min-AY-uh
Saga- SAH-guh
Lykke- LYE-kee or LYE-kuh
Miriel- Mih-ree-ELLE
Vila- VEE-luh
Nilas- NEE-lass
Frans- Um, Frans? A like in apple.
Isidor- IZZ-uh-door
Vide- VEE-duh
Uh is the schwa sound, I just can't find it atm.
Saga- SAH-guh
Lykke- LYE-kee or LYE-kuh
Miriel- Mih-ree-ELLE
Vila- VEE-luh
Nilas- NEE-lass
Frans- Um, Frans? A like in apple.
Isidor- IZZ-uh-door
Vide- VEE-duh
Uh is the schwa sound, I just can't find it atm.
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min-AY-ah
SAH-gah
LYU-keh
mih-REE-ehl
VEE-la
NEE-lass
FRAHNZ
e-ZAH-daw (I don’t really say R if it’s at the end of a word)
VEE-deh
SAH-gah
LYU-keh
mih-REE-ehl
VEE-la
NEE-lass
FRAHNZ
e-ZAH-daw (I don’t really say R if it’s at the end of a word)
VEE-deh
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I'm never any good at these. I'd guess something like…
Minea - mih-NAY-a, sort of like Linnea.
Saga - SAH-ga
Lykke - LOO-keh, sort of like Luka but not really.
Miriel - mih-ree-el
Vila - VEE-la
Nilas - NEE-las
Frans - FRAHNZ
Isidor - IZ-ih-dor
Vide - VEE-deh
Minea - mih-NAY-a, sort of like Linnea.
Saga - SAH-ga
Lykke - LOO-keh, sort of like Luka but not really.
Miriel - mih-ree-el
Vila - VEE-la
Nilas - NEE-las
Frans - FRAHNZ
Isidor - IZ-ih-dor
Vide - VEE-deh
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Minea - Mi-nay-ah
Saga - as it’s written Sah-gah
Lykke - Lie-kuh
Miriel - Like Muriel but starting with mir
Vila - vee-lah
Nilas - nee-lass
Frans - Frens
Isidor - ee-sea-door
Vide - vee-duh
Saga - as it’s written Sah-gah
Lykke - Lie-kuh
Miriel - Like Muriel but starting with mir
Vila - vee-lah
Nilas - nee-lass
Frans - Frens
Isidor - ee-sea-door
Vide - vee-duh
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Minea- Min-nay-uh
Saga- Saw-guh
Lykke-lie-kee?
Miriel- meer-ee-el
Vila-Vie-luh
Nilas- nie-lus
Frans- Frawnz
Isidor- Eye-si-door
Vide -Vee-day
Saga- Saw-guh
Lykke-lie-kee?
Miriel- meer-ee-el
Vila-Vie-luh
Nilas- nie-lus
Frans- Frawnz
Isidor- Eye-si-door
Vide -Vee-day
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