How to Pronounce Common Female Names American English

today I’m going to go over the most

popular female names the most common

female name is Mary Mary has the ayah as

in share diphthong Mary the second most

common name is Patricia the first vowel

sound is a schwa and the second syllable

is the accented it has the in as in sit

sound Patricia notice that the CI here

is pronounced as a shhh as in ship and

the final vowel sound is the schwa

Patricia a common and nickname for this

is Patti spelled P a TTY the T’s are

pronounced as a D sound patty with the

ass as in bat also a nickname could be

Pat pa T and here the T does take the T

sound Pat also Trisha could be a

nickname simply the second and third

syllables or even just Trish the third

name is linda linda has the e as in sit

vowel sound in the accented syllable and

the unaccented syllable has the schwa

sound Linda the fourth name is Barbara

it has the AH as in father sound in the

first syllable which is accented Barbara

really it is two syllables the second

being bruh with the schwa Barbara

however I think some people probably do

pronounce it with a very quick third

syllable in between the first and the

second also unaccented Barbara Barbara

Barbara so it would have the AH as in

her vowel sound Barbara or

Barbara a nickname you might hear for

this would be barb or perhaps Barbie

Elizabeth I think most people pronounce

this with a schwa in the initial sound

Elizabeth however I have a

and whose name is Elizabeth and she

pronounces it more II Elizabeth or it

can be more it Elizabeth

in any case it is the second syllable

that is accented and it has the e as in

sit vowel sound

the third syllable is a schwa the fourth

syllable has either a very quick a as in

bed or it as in sit vowel sound

Elizabeth Elizabeth common nicknames

would be Liz Lizzy Bessie Betsy with a

TS Betty here the TT being pronounced as

a D Betty or Beth Beth with an open e as

in bed the sixth the most common name

Jennifer Jennifer has the as in bed

vowel sound in the first syllable

Jennifer which is the accented syllable

the next syllable is an unaccented e as

in sit and the final syllable is the ER

as in her vowel sound Jennifer Jennifer

common nicknames would be Jen or Jenny

the seventh name Maria pronounced in

American English both of the A’s would

be pronounced as the schwa sound and the

I the EE as in she Maria Maria Susan the

first syllable is the accented syllable

with the u.s. in boots sound the first s

is unvoiced but the second s is voiced

SUSE SUSE and the last syllable has a

quick schwa before going into that MM

sound Susan Susan Margaret the first

syllable has the AH as in father vowel

sound which slides quickly into the

R sound Mar Mar the second syllable has

the schwa or Bart

I sound grit grit it is unaccented so it

is quick and lower in pitch Margaret

Margaret as with Barbara

some people would pronounce this with a

third syllable between these two it

would be a schwa Margaret Margaret

Margaret common nicknames would be

Maggie or Marge

Lisa the first and accented syllable

here has the EE as in she the second

syllable is the schwa Lisa

note that the S is unvoiced Lisa these

are the ten most common names in America

for women I will later do another blog

entry on the ten most popular baby names