[name_m]How[/name_m] do you pronounce [name_m]Bram[/name_m]?
Rhymes with [name_m]Graham[/name_m], I say the a like in [name_u]Sam[/name_u].
I pronounce it to rhyme with gram. I know a little boy whose parents spelled it [name_m]Brahm[/name_m], and they still pronounce it to rhyme with gram.
[name_m]Bram[/name_m] rhymes with jam and [name_u]Sam[/name_u] and pram.
I’m fairly sure in some cultures it’d be like “brom” but I say it “bram” myself.
[name_m]Bram[/name_m] rhymes with tram and [name_u]Sam[/name_u].
And I’m the odd one out I say it like [name_m]Brom[/name_m] – rhymes with [name_m]Tom[/name_m].
I say it that way because the first time I was introduced to the name it was [name_m]Bram[/name_m] Stoker. I like it better with the [name_m]AH[/name_m] sound because the rhymes with [name_u]Sam[/name_u] version sounds really twangy and I just don’t like it (I feel the same about [name_u]Sam[/name_u] )
[name_m]Bram[/name_m] rhymes with [name_u]Sam[/name_u], lamb, and ram.
[name_m]Bram[/name_m] to me is like [name_u]Sam[/name_u].
In the Netherlands it’s pronounced like [name_m]Brahm[/name_m].
He was Irish though, so I think his ‘a’ will have sounded like an ‘a’.
I prefer “[name_m]Brahm[/name_m]” but I think that [name_m]Bram[/name_m] that rhymes with [name_u]Sam[/name_u] is actually correct. I, too, have always heard [name_m]Bram[/name_m] Stoker’s name pronounced “[name_m]Brahm[/name_m],” but a quick google search tells me that even his name was supposed to rhyme with [name_u]Sam[/name_u]/gram/pram. Mind blown. I wonder if part of the problem is the difference between the Irish and American pronunciation of the short a? Maybe “[name_m]Brahm[/name_m]” was just my English professor’s poor imitation of an Irish accent
[name_m]Long[/name_m] story short-- I prefer the “[name_m]Brahm[/name_m]” or “[name_m]Brom[/name_m]” pronunciation but I think either is lovely. I especially like it as a nickname for [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] or [name_m]Abram[/name_m], but I think it’s fine on its own, too.
:o I’ve only ever heard his name as [name_m]Brahm[/name_m]!
Well anyway, I like it as [name_m]Brahm[/name_m] better.
I have a [name_m]Brahm[/name_m]. We pronounce it more like brayham (although the last ham part is said very fast). I am pretty bad at spelling out soundings of words, but I guess it is closer to rhyming with the name [name_m]Graham[/name_m] as opposed to just gram. It might be our accents though that make the distinction in the two words (Romanian).
[name_m]Bram[/name_m] rhymes with [name_u]Sam[/name_u], and I have always pronounced [name_m]Bram[/name_m] Stoker the same way. Then again, I’m from the mid-atlantic region of the east coast USA and tend to flatten my As a bit, like a [name_m]New[/name_m] Englander. My accent has changed as I’ve gotten older which is weird, but I digress. I really love the name [name_m]Bram[/name_m], alone or as a nickname for [name_m]Bertram[/name_m]/[name_m]Abram[/name_m]/[name_m]Abraham[/name_m].
I think if you want it to rhyme with gram, spell it [name_m]Bram[/name_m]. It is a nn for [name_m]Abraham[/name_m] or [name_m]Abram[/name_m]. There the A is like ham, not hawm.
If you want it to be like [name_m]Brahms[/name_m], like [name_m]Brahms[/name_m] Lullaby, spell it [name_m]Brahm[/name_m] or [name_m]Brom[/name_m].
[name_m]Bromley[/name_m] is an adorably old fashioned boy name. nn [name_m]Brom[/name_m].
Btw, I adore [name_m]Bram[/name_m]. One of my faves!
We are watching Game if Thrones and I love how they pronounce [name_m]Bram[/name_m]!
That’s [name_u]Bran[/name_u], short for [name_m]Brandon[/name_m].
Rhymes with [name_u]Sam[/name_u]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m] is a dutch name and in [name_u]Holland[/name_u] it is officially pronounced as “[name_m]Brahm[/name_m]”