Pronounciation of (Leonard) Bernstein

[nq:1]How do native speakers of English pronounce the name Bernstein? Does it end like "mine" or like "mean"? Are there differences between England and the US (when it comes to pronouncing this name)?[/nq]
While various families pronounce it differently, I'm told by those who knew Leonard Bernstein that he pronounced it BernSTINE. There's a probably apocryphal story about a chance meeting betw

[nq:1]How do native speakers of English pronounce the name Bernstein? Does itend like "mine" or like "mean"? Are there differences between England and theUS (when it comes to pronouncing this name)?[/nq]
As posted earlier, rules for ordinary language do
not apply uniformly to personal names.
The German rule is that IE sounds like EE and EI sounds like EYE. My impression is that Britons

So, Bernstein said BernSTINE. I agree that that settles the question of how it should be translated.
However, how does the majority of Americans (to stay on that side of the pond) pronounce his name? Do they follow his example? Or are there more followers of the STEEN way?
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[nq:1]As posted earlier, rules for ordinary language do not apply uniformly to personal names. The German rule is that IE ... know t

that didn't help any as "STINE' is also often pronounced as "STEEN". Such as Ernestine, Pauline, etcetera, besides also being often pronounced as "STINE".
However, I did know which way you meant it from other parts of your post.
I think the original poster had the correct idea to describe whether it rhymes with mean or fine.