Names you'd like to hear read aloud!

I’ve just stumbled across @ikfly’s wonderful accents thread from way back when and thought it would be fun to do the same with actual names!

What names would you particularly like to hear pronounced by other members from around the world? List any and all names you’d like to hear, as many or as few as you want, and don’t worry about repeating other suggestions.

If I get enough responses, I’ll tally up the votes and write a list of maybe 50 or so names for people to record themselves reading aloud (on Clyp.it or similar) and post a link here, so we can all hear how our favourites sound in other accents!

ETA: here’s the list thread

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I’ll start:

[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Anoushka[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Endellion[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Ishbel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivalo[/name_f]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Katinka[/name_f]
[name_f]Katya[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Madelief[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Merryn[/name_f]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_m]Sol[/name_m]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_m]Zarin[/name_m]
[name_f]Zosia[/name_f]

[name_m]Alban[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
[name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]
[name_m]Cas[/name_m]
[name_u]Corin[/name_u]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
[name_m]Florin[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]
[name_m]Hal[/name_m]
[name_m]Innes[/name_m]
Iskandar
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jesper[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Prosper[/name_m]
[name_u]Rafe[/name_u]
[name_m]Sachin[/name_m]
[name_u]Sasha[/name_u]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Torin[/name_m]

I’m going with:

[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alessia[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
Bridgitta
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
Chrysanthe
[name_f]Aoife[/name_f]

[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
Ender
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Archer[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]

Anyone else? I thought it might be a fun way to see how well our favourites would travel!

Let’s see…

[name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
[name_f]Amadea[/name_f]
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilac[/name_f]
[name_f]Nera[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Zuelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anya[/name_f]
[name_f]Enya[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f] (curious about el-lehn-ah vs. el-layn-ah :slight_smile: )

[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_u]Zerah[/name_u]

Great idea! Hmm, I would be interested in…

[name_m]Johannes[/name_m]
[name_m]Stefan[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]

[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Liana[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]

great idea!
I’d love to see:

[name_f]Eleni[/name_f]
[name_f]Madelief[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
Marcelline
[name_f]Zelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
Amélie
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]

[name_m]Inigo[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Amaury[/name_m]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]

[name_f]Arianne[/name_f]/[name_f]Ariane[/name_f] (if you’d say them differently)
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleni[/name_f]
Auli’i
[name_f]Nola[/name_f]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mattea[/name_f]

[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Memphis[/name_u]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u]

I’d like to hear…

[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Indie[/name_f]
Avielle
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] (curious to hear how people pronounce this!)
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]/[name_f]Maeva[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]

[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
Andries
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]

Also, this is a great idea for a thread!

So many people ask me how to say [name_f]Xochitl[/name_f], but it is so difficult to explain in words. Especially because the last sound does not exist in English or Spanish.

Zlata
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabriella[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]

[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelie[/name_f] and [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] have always intrigued me as to how people pronounce them. I’d also like to hear [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Zoe[/name_f].

[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
Celimene (it has accents but I can’t type them on my laptop)
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_u]Leighton[/name_u]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]

[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
Iskandar

i love this idea! is there an easy way to record would be cool to create a page for people to post saying other peoples signatures names?

[name_f]Milla[/name_f]/[name_m]Miller[/name_m] (not mee-lah but mill-er)
[name_u]Marley[/name_u]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]/[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Talullah[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Siobhan[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Demi[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]
Winita (win-eat-ah)
[name_f]Marvel[/name_f]
[name_f]Maelys[/name_f]
[name_f]Camira[/name_f]

[name_m]Vaughan[/name_m]
[name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
[name_u]Wade[/name_u]

I’d love to hear these!

[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]/[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilac[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Tamsin[/name_f]
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelie[/name_f]
Zélie
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maelys[/name_f]
[name_f]Malou[/name_f]

[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
Oleander
[name_m]Absalom[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Llewellyn[/name_m]

This would be super fun. Here’s some I’d like to hear:

[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Saoirse[/name_f]
[name_f]Talia[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Greer[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Carys[/name_f]
[name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_f]Caoimhe[/name_f]
[name_f]Tirzah[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]

[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Ewan[/name_m]
[name_m]Leif[/name_m]
[name_m]Remus[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorcan[/name_m]
[name_m]Cael[/name_m]
[name_m]Bjorn[/name_m]
[name_m]Liev[/name_m]
[name_m]Eben[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Errol[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]

Ahh so chuffed to see this thread has been resurrected! I never created the list as I didn’t feel I’d got enough replies, and there were no names with a big consensus. But keep your suggestions coming and I will organise it!

@daniemc The signature idea is a great one! I will certainly look into that. I found clyp it pretty good for recording sound easily.

Excited for this :smiley:

This is a great idea! If you need a voice, I’ll do it :slight_smile: I have a pretty boring accent though LOL

I’d like to hear:
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]

(just because it’s my name and I’m not currently creative haha)

I did a quick tally, and the current names with multiple votes are:

[name_f]Anouk[/name_f] x3
[name_f]Aurelie[/name_f] x 3
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Diana[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Eleni[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] x3
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] x3
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Ines[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Madelief[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Maelys[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Manon[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] x3
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f] x2
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] x2

[name_u]Asa[/name_u] x2
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m] x2
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] x2
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] x3
[name_m]Emil[/name_m] x2
[name_m]Endymion[/name_m] x3
[name_m]Felix[/name_m] x2
Iskandar x2
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m] x2
[name_u]Micah[/name_u] x2
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] x2

I also have both full lists alphabetized, if you’d like them.

Is it too late to add my thoughts?

[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Yaretzi[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] vs [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Zipporah[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]

[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_u]Misha[/name_u]
[name_m]Eames[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]