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