Name Pronunciation Resources -> Language / Nationality

Asian

• Asian name pronunciation guide - a helpful site with phonetic and audio pronunciations in Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese.
  www.csupomona.edu/~pronunciation/index.html

Azerbaijan

• Pronunciation and Meaning of Azeri Names - audio pronunciation of names from Azerbaijan
  www.fredonia.edu/faculty/emeritus/edwinlawson/azerinames/index.html

Celtic

• Pronunciation of Celtic Names - phonetic pronunciation of Celtic names
  www.mythome.org/celticnames.html

Chinese

• How to Pronounce Chinese Names - an introduction to pronunciation of pinyin.
  www.cs.cmu.edu/~zhuxj/readpinyin.html
• Chinese Pronunciation - A brief guide to pronouncing Chinese names by John Derbyshire in response to questions by readers.
  olimu.com/Notes/ChinesePronunciation.htm
• Chinese names - Pronunciation : Working with students from China - a helpful guide to pronouncing pinyin.
  www.monash.edu.au/lls/China/teaching/names2.xml
• Other websites about Chinese Names
  • Chinese Names
    www.chinapage.com/biography/name.html
  • Most common Chinese names
    www.logoi.com/notes/common_chinese_names.html
  • Chinese Personal Names
    weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbnames-u.html

Dutch

• Dutch Pronounced! - audio pronunciations of many Dutch names-- names in the news, sports, artists, places, etc.
  homepage.mac.com/schuffelen/dureq.html

Finnish

• How to pronounce Finnish names: by category and alphabetic listing - over 1000 audio pronunciations of Finnish names by a native Finnish speaker .
  www.sci.fi/~kajun/finns/

French

• French First Names for Boys and French First Names for Girls - over 200 audio pronunciations of French names (native French speaker).
  french.about.com/library/travel/bl-fr-names-m.htm
  french.about.com/library/travel/bl-fr-names-f.htm
• Wikimedia Commons - Pronunciation of French Names - audio pronunciations of French names (native French speaker).
  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/French_pronunciation/Names
• inogolo - Pronunciation of French Names - phonetic and audio pronunciations of French names (by an English speaker).

German

• German Pronunciation of Names - several hundred audio pronunciations of German names by a native speaker of German.
  www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html

Greek

• Hints on Pronouncing Ancient Greek Names
  www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/Classes/US210/pron.html
• Pronunciation guide for names from Greek mythology
  www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/pronunciations.html

India

• How to pronounce Indian names - a short article with some tips on pronouncing Indian names
  www.chadfowler.com/2005/9/30/how-to-pronounce-indian-names

Irish

• Irish Names - phonetic and audio pronunciations of over 200 Irish names
  www.babynamesofireland.com/index.html
• namenerds.com: Irish Names - phonetic pronunciations of many Irish names
  www.namenerds.com/irish
• Index and Pronunciation of the More Frequently Occurring Place and Personal-Names - phonetic pronunciations of many Irish names
  adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/Cooley/Names.html

Mayan

• Pronunciation of Mayan Names
  www.mythome.org/mayanames.html

Russian

• Pronunciation and Meaning of Russian Names - audio pronunciations of Russian names
  www.fredonia.edu/faculty/emeritus/edwinlawson/russiannames/
• Russian Given Names: Their Pronunciation, Meaning, and Frequency - a paper by Edwin D. Lawson and Natan Nevo with phonetic pronunciations of about 200 Russian names
  www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS/russian%20names.pdf

Scottish

• namenerds.com: Scottish Names - phonetic pronunciations of many Scottish and Gaelic names
  www.namenerds.com/scottish/

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