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