How to Pronounce Common Male Names American English

these are the 10 most common male names

in the United States number one James

James starts with the Jazz in jar sound

it is voiced it then has the ay as in

say diphthong James it’s one syllable so

you go straight from the mmm M sound

into the voiced Z sound James a nickname

for this is Jim or Jimmy spelled with an

i and the as in sit vowel Jim number two

John also begins with the as in jar

sound it is also one syllable with the

AH as in father vowel sound and the mmm

and sound to end John number three

Robert Robert begins with the R

consonant sound

and opens up into the ah as in father

vowel sound robert ii and unaccented

syllable has the ER as in her vowel

sound

Robert Robert common nicknames would be

robbed or Bob or Robbie or Bobby number

four Michael and number five William

have already been explained in the top

baby names of 2007 David B vowel sound

in the first and accented syllable is

the ay as in say it then has the voiced

v sound which can be difficult make sure

you’re making sound with your vocal

cords before it goes into the unaccented

syllable which has the e as in sit vowel

david number seven Richard just like

Robert it begins with the four consonant

sound the first two vowel sound is the a

as in sit and it then has the as in char

rich richard ii and unaccented syllable

has the earth as in her vowel sound

before the d ending richard common

nicknames for this would be rich or more

commonly dick number eight

charles charles begins with the sound

which is the unvoiced version of which

begins John and James Charles the first

vowel sound is the AH as in father which

moves very quickly into the R consonant

sound char-char

Charles the second syllable is the dark

L sound all all followed by the voiced

sound

Charles Charles common nickname would be

Charlie ending in the EE as in she sound

Joseph starts with a voiced sound

followed by the Oh as in no diphthong

Joseph the S here is unvoiced the

unaccented syllable has the e as in sit

if if Joseph Joseph a common nickname

for this would be Joe or Joey number ten

Thomas th pronounced as a sound the

first vowel sound is the AH as in father

tah-tah Thomas the second and unaccented

syllable

miss miss has a schwa sound between the

mm m and the unvoiced s thomas a common

nickname would be Tom or Tommy