Name Pronunciation Resources -> General Resources

General

• Voice of America Pronunciation Guide - The Voice of America Pronunciation Guide is a resource for the names of people and places in current events. It provides both English phonetic and audio pronunciations.
  ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/index.cfm
• Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures -- Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures is a Library of Congress resource for the pronunciation of contemporary names.
  www.loc.gov/nls/other/sayhow.html
• Behind the Name
  Behind the Name is a site devoted to the etymology and history of first names. The site has over 14000 entries with many specifying phonetic pronunciations. The site has no audio pronunciations.
  www.behindthename.com
• Think Baby Names
  Think Baby Names is a baby names site and contains pronunciations for many names.
  www.thinkbabynames.com/
• Pronunciation of 10,000 Proper Names: Giving Famous Geographical and Biographical Names, Names of Books, Works of Art, Characters in Fiction, Foreign Titles, etc
  Authors: Mary Stuart Mackey and Maryette Goodwin Mackey. This book was published in 1922 (other editions were published in 1901 and 1903). It is now in the public domain and Google has it online at books.google.com. The online edition is searchable.
  http://books.google.com/books?id=6FwrEOTUW4QC&pg=PA1&dq=pronunciation#PPP1,M1

Encyclopedias/Dictionaries

• The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
  The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000) is a general English dictionary with the pronunciation of English words including some names-- mostly of notable historical figures. Many audio pronuciations are included.
  www.bartleby.com/61/
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary is similar to the American Heritage dictionary-- a general English dictionary with the pronunciations of some notable historical figures. Many audio pronuciations are included.
  www.m-w.com/
• Wikipedia
  Wikipedia has many IPA and phonetic pronunciations for difficult to pronounce names. Some names have audio pronunciations.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Suggestions for additional websites to add to the directory are welcomed. Please send email to stuyoder@inogolo.com (link).