How to Pronounce Boy Names American English

these are the most popular baby names

given to boys in 2007 the first name

Jacob it starts with the as in jar where

the vocal cords are engaged it is a

voiced sound it then has the ay as in

say diphthong Jacob the second and

unaccented syllable is a schwa KUB KUB

jacob a common nickname would be jake

spelled it with the ke michael the first

vowel sound is the AI as in buy

diphthong my my the CH here if you will

notice is pronounced as the as in cap

sound Mike Mike the final and unaccented

syllable is the dark L o Oh Michael

Michael a common nickname would be Mike

which just like Jake is spelled to ke

Ethan begins with the EE as in she vowel

sound Ethan the second syllable has a

very quick schwa

before the mmm and sound Ethan the th

here is not voiced just err Ethan Joshua

like Jacob begins with this as in Jar

sound the first vowel sound is the AH as

in father though it’s spelled with an O

Josh Josh

the next syllable which is unaccented is

the who as in boo Joshua Joshua before

it changes into the schwa

Joshua a common nickname would be Josh

Daniel the first and accented syllable

has the as in bat sound the next

syllable is the Y consonant sound yeah

yeah which starts a really low down here

before it comes up yeah then there is

the dark L all all with that vowel sound

before the tongue moves up into the L o

dan y l– daniel daniel a common

nickname it would be Dan or Danny Danny

ending with the EE as in she Christopher

again the CH here is making the sound

Christopher the first syllable is

accented that has the e as in sit sound

the second syllable is a schwa Krista

Krista and the pH is of course the F

sound and then it goes into the earth as

in her vowel sound Christopher a common

nickname would be Chris Anthony this

does begin with the ad as in bat vowel

sound you can see Anthony that the mouth

takes that position however it moves

very quickly into the MM sound so you

don’t get quite the sharp ah as the pure

at vowel Anthony it is the accented

syllable the middle syllable has a schwa

sunson and the last syllable the EE as

in she Anthony Anthony a nickname for

this might be Tony Oh as in no diphthong

and again the EE as in she Tony

William Williams first vowel sound is

the e as in sit William it is the

accented syllable the last two syllables

unaccented have a very quick EE as in

she followed by a schwa then going into

the MM sound iam iam William William now

notice the mouth must start in a very

small position to make the what W sound

William a common nickname for this might

be Will or Willie or bill or Billy

Matthew the first and accented syllable

has the ad as in bat sound Matthew the

second unaccented syllable has the U as

in few diphthong Matthew a common

nickname would be Matt Andrew like

Anthony it begins with the ass as in bat

but moves very quickly into the end

sound

Andrew the unaccented syllable has a d r

quickly into the ooh as in boo Andrew

Andrew Andrew a nickname for this might

be Andy with the e as in she or drew