I recently came across the name [name_u]Macon[/name_u] on here and I think it is recognisable with the cute nns of [name_m]Ace[/name_m] or [name_m]Maco[/name_m]. The combination I’m liking at the moment (btw I’m a long way off having children I just love names!) is [name_u]Macon[/name_u] [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] [name_m]Arc[/name_m].
However, my issue is that I am from the UK and would pronounce it [name_m]Mac[/name_m]-con with the ‘a’ sound as in apple. The [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciation is similar to this but I’ve read that people pronounce it so that it rhymes with bacon. What do you think and would it be a problem if I pronounced it the first way?
Thanks Berries!X
If “mac-con” is the way you pronounce it in the UK, then that’s the way you pronounce it. [name_m]Just[/name_m] be aware that [name_u]Macon[/name_u], [name_f]Georgia[/name_f] is a place name in the US and it rhymes with the word “bacon” . If you ever travelled or lived in [name_u]America[/name_u] in the future that’s the way the name would be pronounced.
[name_u]Macon[/name_u] in English is may-kon (or so I thought, I’ve never met anyone by this name), [name_u]Macon[/name_u] in [name_m]French[/name_m] is mah-kon. [name_m]Both[/name_m] are fine in the U.K…
@[name_u]Mischa[/name_u]- Thanks for the advice, it won’t be an issue just to correct people anyway because we mainly introduce ourselves verbally I suppose. I have a common name and people can’t pronounce my last name! There’s always an issue haha.
@applemarie- It’s good that that is a recognised way of saying it! Thanks, that reassures me. Aw thank you very much, that made me smile!
@ottilie- I was just wondering how you’d pronounce it and if it was the same as I would use. I’m glad that either is fine, thanks X
[name_m]Just[/name_m] seeing the name written down, I would think it’s a variant spelling and pronounced the same as [name_u]Mason[/name_u]. I dislike the other pronunciations a lot!
I know a little boy named [name_u]Macon[/name_u] and his name definitely rhymes with bacon. His father said it was a family name (I’m nosy, I asked). However, I do live in the Southern US. Huge difference in dialect from how you would say it!
Looking at it I’d think ‘mack-on’ first and ‘may-con’ second. I’m a stickler for original pronunciations though. I’d pronounce it however it was meant to be pronounced in it’s language of origin.
