How to Pronounce Popular Female Names American English

these are the top ten baby names chosen

for baby girls born in 2007 this is

different from the most common female

names in America because name trends

change there is only one name that is on

this list that is also one of the top 10

most common names in America that is

Elizabeth but let’s start with the

number one most popular baby name given

to girl in 2007

Emily Emily starts with the air as in

bed am the middle syllable emily is a

schwa and the last syllable has the EE

as in she sound

Emily Emily the second most popular name

Isabella Isabella starts with the e as

in sit vowel sound the next vowel sound

is the schwa is ax is ax then you have

Bell the air as in bed vowel sound with

a dark L Bell and finally a schwa

Isabella Isabella the third most popular

name Emma Emma starts with the air as in

bed and ends in the schwa Emma Emma Ava

Ava begins with the ay as in say

diphthong and it ends in the schwa it

does have a voiced v sound in between

Ava Ava Madison the first syllable is

accented and it has the ad as in bat

sound the second syllable is unaccented

though it does retain a very quick e as

in sit matter matter the final syllable

Tsun Tsun goes directly from the

unvoiced into the end sound hmm Madison

Madison Sophia the first syllable has

the Oh as in no diphthong Sophia the pH

is of course pronounced as a F sound and

the middle syllable has the e as in

sheet it is the accented syllable Sophia

the word then ends in a schwa Sophia

Olivia this name begins with the Oh as

in no diphthong Olivia the second

syllable is the accented syllable and it

has the e as in sit

sound the next I is an e as in chi sound

Olivia

however it goes quickly into the schwa

as it is not the accented syllable

Olivia and do be careful of the voiced v

sound which can be difficult for some

speakers Olivia

Abigail it begins with the ad as in that

sound the second syllable is unaccented

but it does retain the as in sit it’s

just very short Abba Abba Gail has the

ay as in say diphthong this syllable

ends in an L which means it is a dark L

so it has the extra sound between the a

as in say and the full sound

jo o for the dark L Abigail Hannah the

first syllable has the AH as in bat

sound the second syllable has the schwa

Hannah Hannah note that the first H is

pronounced the second one is silent

Hannah and finally Elizabeth which has

been explained in the other blog entry

the most common female names in the

United States these were the ten most

popular baby names given to girls in

2007