Any strange name pronunciations in your family?

[Aristus]

I had a great aunt once named Tabitha.

Her whole family called her Ta-BYTHA.

Southerners, man...

[rsdsharp]

1. My late sister's name was Jalynn -- pronounced Jay Lynn,

although an aunt always pronounced it Jah Lynn.

Not really an odd pronunciation, but my brother’s middle name is Pirl, which was my maternal grandfather’s first name.

[CincyDem]

2. I had an uncle named Joe.

He was a trumper….everyone pronounced his name asshat.

[Skittles]

3. grandmother named Tone

Norwegian, pronounced more like TONE-AH

[debm55]

4. My real name is Deborah. It was pronounced as Deb or ah by my maternal grandparents and as Debra by my parents. I

write as Debra. I was named after great grandmother---Devorah--the bee.in Hebrew.

[duncang]

5. How about my great uncle's name

He was named Nio. He was the ninth child and what is nine in Swedish. You probably guessed it nio. Without looking at ancestry I think there were 11-12 kids.

My wife had a few odd names. I can’t remember them except one. His name was Rose.

[Texasgal]

13. My grandfathers name was Sven

Swedish... Pronounced SWENN.

[GarColga]

6. I had an Irish aunt named Dympna

everybody called her Jimmy!

[Niagara]

12. I find that to be neat!

"Hey you guys, I'm going to visit with Aunt Jimmy today!"

[MoonlightHillFarm]

7. Strange Name

My great great uncle was named Greenbury

[Glamrock]

8. I have a stepbrother named Eric

But it’s pronounced asshole. Don’t get me started….

[JoseBalow]

9. My brother-in-law, Jesus

[jmowreader]

10. Well...my last name

Most of my dad's family pronounces the first three letters of our last name so they rhyme with "pow."

Dad hated that so my little branch pronounces it like it sounds like what you do to your lawn.

None of us in my branch of the family actually like the name; my three sisters all found husbands as soon as they could so they could get rid of it, and when I first got told what it was I thought, "that is the stupidest thing I ever heard." At...well, the age of four.

[True Dough]

11. A few unusual names in my family

but almost everyone has nicknames that are used far more commonly than given names.

And both of my parents went by their middle names rather than their first names.

[Tikki]

14. Schuyler...

Tikki