SURNAME PRONUNCIATION

I don't know as these are not English surnames?

They look like German or Dutch to me.

Since there generally aren't dictionary entries for surnames, you have to guess at pronounciations. Sometimes you can apply pronounciation rules for similar words, but more often you'll have to know the rules for the origin language. Sometimes the web might have pages with pronounciations, but often not.

Feigenbaum sounds German, so the 'ei" is pronounced like the i in 'high'. Figh-gehn-b

AnonymousI was wondering if there is a place to find the pronunciation of surnames.

Mainly: Feigenbaum and Gristede

Hello Anonymous,

"Feigenbaum" indeed is German and pronounced ['****@nbaum] (@ like "a" in ago).

I don't know where "Gristede" is from, in case it's of German origin, it pronunciation can be ['gri

please tell me the pronunciation of the name arold....

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01cite10Anonymous12cite10please tell me the pronunciation of the name arold....12blockquote

10I would say it as either [ Arold ] or [ Erold ]0-

0Hey, Does any one know how to pronounce Belaunzaran? i think its "Bell-Ann-Ser-Ann: but i dont know.0-

0 >> Hey, Does any one know how to pronounce Belaunzaran? i think its "Bell-Ann-Ser-Ann: but i dont know. 02<<
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00I would guess [ belaUntsArAn ] 0-

Could someone help me with the proper pronunciation of the English (American) surname Keyser?

Is it something like KEE-ZER or rather KAI-ZER?

0 It's KAI-ZER0-

0 How can I pronounce Gagne? 0-