Can people who don’t speak English pronounce [name_f]Brynn[/name_f] & [name_u]Spencer[/name_u] correctly? Especially Spanish speakers?
Not in my eyes. Spanish-speakers will be able to say them… but not with English sounds.
[name_f]Brynn[/name_f] will be “breen” and [name_u]Spencer[/name_u] will probably be “spayn-sair” or “spayn-thair”
My legal name is [name_f]Kristin[/name_f] and I was called [name_f]Cristina[/name_f] and “kree-steen” for 2 years while I lived in Spain, which is why I tried to just go by [name_m]Luc[/name_m]ía instead.
[name_f]Brynn[/name_f] & [name_u]Spencer[/name_u] are definitely not Spanish-friendly, in terms of getting the English pronunciations.
In terms of having an English name that is pronounceable in Spanish, if you can spell and use Spanish phonetics, then it could work. For example, [name_m]Ethan[/name_m] in Spanish is non-sensical to get “ee-thun”, but spell it “[name_m]Izan[/name_m]” and there you have it, “ee-thahn”… close enough.
The short vowel sounds in English are not going to work well if you aren’t open to some pronunciation poetic license.
In [name_m]French[/name_m] they will be pronounced similar to those mentioned above. Totally depends on the language. If you want something that is easily pronounced in a lot of different languages, I think you have to stay away from names with “r” (because the English r is the most difficult to pronounce in any language) and go with something really classic that has a lot of versions; [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], etc.
I don’t think they’ll translate well into Spanish. They’ll be “breen” and “es pen ser”. 