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Re: Spanish/French pronounciation of Jonathan?
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Thanks for your help. So in all it would be pronounced yoh-nah-tan? I didn't think it sounded right as hoh-nah-than! Thank you again.http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9576932 Please vote! (Not private)
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For the French pronunciation, the j- sounds like the -s- in the word "pleasure" (the ʒ in the IPA), the -th- sounds like a -t- and the final -an is nasalized.
In the past, the name was mostly borne by the Protestants and the Jews, but it's become more popular under the American influence (but with the French pronunciation since the English-th- is so difficult to say for French people)
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