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