My first name is Tristan and I was born in 1965. I have been traveling a lot and my name is pronounced in 3 different ways. There is the French, English and Dutch/German pronunciation. In either way - they all put the emphasis on the first syllable and never on the second. In the tree language groups the first syllable is always pronounced the same in a short way "TRI". The second part is that is pronounced in 3 different ways. In the Latin languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French) the second syllable is pronounced long and in Dutch or English short. The sound is different between English and Dutch/German. In English the second syllable is pronounced like the English "can" and in dutch like the dutch name "Jan". My parents saw the name on the poster of a Belgian pop-group in the sixties but also in the music of Wagner in the play "Tristan and Isolde".
There is the French, English and Dutch/German pronunciation.
In either way - they all put the emphasis on the first syllable and never on the second.
In the tree language groups the first syllable is always pronounced the same in a short way "TRI".
The second part is that is pronounced in 3 different ways.
In the Latin languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French) the second syllable is pronounced long and in Dutch or English short.
The sound is different between English and Dutch/German.
In English the second syllable is pronounced like the English "can" and in dutch like the dutch name "Jan".
My parents saw the name on the poster of a Belgian pop-group in the sixties but also in the music of Wagner in the play "Tristan and Isolde".