Is it like DEH-mee like [name]Demi[/name] Levato or duh-MEE like [name]Demi[/name] [name]Moore[/name]? These are the ways I’ve heard most with these celebrities but it probably varies. They’re the only people I know with the name so the two different pronunciations make it hard to decide which is the correct one. Thoughts?
I think both pronunciations are correct, it is a preference thing. Like some people like [name]Ariana[/name] as Ahr-ee-awna and other like it [name]Air[/name]-ee-awna.
I prefer Deh-mee.
Well, the French word “demi” (meaning “half”) is pronounced duh-MEE or deh-MEE. I’m not fluent in French but I’ve taken it for years at school. As a name though, I tend to pronounce it DEM-ee like Lovato. My sister was obsessed with her for awhile… I think you could use whichever pronunciation you preferred.
I know two teenage girls with the name, both pronounce it DEM-ee, as in Lovato.
I guess technically if you’re attempting to shorten [name]Demetria[/name] (Duh-MEE-tree-uh), it would be pronounced Duh-MEE. This sounds awkward and clunky, at least to me, which probably led to the stress on the first syllable with DEH-mee. While this isn’t the greatest example, it’s sort of like if you were going to shorten [name]Josiah[/name] ([name]Jo[/name]-[name]SI[/name]-uh), you would probably gravitate toward [name]JO[/name]-see rather than [name]Jo[/name]-[name]SI[/name]. I’d go with the DEH-mee pronounciation.