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Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
A variant pronunciation for 黃/黄 in the Zhangzhou dialect of Hokkien is (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ) and has various transliterations, such as Oei, Oey, Uy, and Wee. Notable people with the surname Ng (character unknown)
The correct pronunciation of the family name has come up before. In April 2021, Dan Levy shared a clip from “Jeopardy!” when he was the answer to a clue.
Outside Ireland, the pronunciation is often altered to /ˈɡæləˌɡər/ in Britain and the USA. The name Gallagher is an anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Gallchobhair , Ó Gallchobhoir (or two alternative spelling forms, Ó Gallchóir and Ó Gallachóir ), these being masculine forms; the corresponding feminine forms are Ní ...
Katie Garapic is having an identity crisis that spans generations and continents: she isn't sure how to actually pronounce her last name. Garapic, 27, ...
Lê is a common Vietnamese surname (third most common), written 黎 in Chữ Hán.It is pronounced /le˧˧/ in the Hanoi dialect and /lej˧˧/ in the Saigon dialect.It is usually pronounced /liː/ in English, with it being commonly mistaken for another surname, with similar spelling and pronunciation in English, Lý.
The original surname of the royal Zhou family was Ji (姬). In 256 B.C., the Qin dynasty conquered Zhou and put Rufen under the jurisdiction of Runan County. Ji Yong, a descendant of King Ping of Zhou, which lived on the system of enfeoffment in Rufen, changed his surname to Zhou to commemorate the merits and virtues of his ancestors. The ...
Cockburn (/ ˈ k oʊ b ər n / KOH-bərn, Scots:) is a Scottish surname that originated in the Borders region of the Scottish Lowlands. In the United States most branches of the same family have adopted the simplified spelling 'Coburn'; other branches have altered the name slightly to 'Cogburn'. The French branch of the family uses the spelling ...