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Rosalie

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In my head it was Roz-uh- lie which I really loved. I was disappointed to find out its Rosa-Lee

Yes. Zeus and Colin comes to mind,

I never really liked Viola in English because I thought it was vy-O-la which is just awkward to say but then I heard it as VY-o-la and loved it.

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I always thought there was no standardized pronunciation of Alicia in English (I pronounce it ah-LEE-see-ah in German), but in English I thought it was either ah-LISH-a or ah-LEE-sha and was surprised when I was told that it is always ah-LEE-sha.

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I was surprised to hear Evelyn as EEV-linn and EE-veh-linn in the UK, I thought it was always EHV-eh-linn.

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A friend of mine in the UK also says Eva like EH-va and not like EE-va which surprised me.

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My Scottish friends say Aileen as AY-leen and Eileen as EYE-leen.

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Everyone one is Scotland I ever met also says Ailís as AY-lish and not AY-leesh.

I was surprised when I heard Georgiana said "Jor-JANE-uh".

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And I loved the name Thierry until I heard the pronunciation. It looks so beautiful but it sounds like a Long Island housewife saying "Terry". In my mind it was softer, like "thee-AIR-ee".

This message was edited 7/9/2021, 8:46 AM

Seconding Aloysius, I used to think it was a-LOY-zee-us. And when I was a little girl reading books in English, I thought Abigail was pronounced A-bi-jail and Phoebe was pronounced FOBE.

Aloysius

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I took me forever to pronounce it right. I thought it was a-LOY-shus, apparently it's alo-ISH-us.