Pronunciation of Royal Names

[lilytornado]

How do you pronounce Eugenie/Eugenia in English, French and Spanish?

 

[lilytornado]

How do you pronounce the name Maud, like Maud Angelica Behn or Queen Maud or Norway?

Norwegianne uploaded a file a while ago, where you could hear all the norwegian names, also Maud, but unfortunately it is not there anymore.
It was really interesting, and some things are really different if you hear them, cannot be explained.

 

[jaynecman]

How do you pronounce Eugenie/Eugenia in English, French and Spanish?

i read a few weeks ago that is was pronounced eww-gen-nee

And Aimee? Is it Ay-Mee?

i knew some one with this name before and they said it was pronounced amy

 

[norwegianne]

Norwegianne uploaded a file a while ago, where you could hear all the norwegian names, also Maud, but unfortunately it is not there anymore.
It was really interesting, and some things are really different if you hear them, cannot be explained.

The file is still there for anybody interested in the Norwegian names, spoken slowly:
http://norwegianne.net/543.aif

 

[Rice]

Is the new Belgian Princess's name pronounced
El-lay-a-nora?

And to that end, is Infanta Leonor
Lay-o-nor

 

[Nitefeatherz]

Does anyone know how to pronounce Prince Félix's name? With the accent I doubt its Fee-lix, but Fay-lix the way the é is pronounced in my French classes doesn't seem right either. 0-o

 

[acdc1]

The file is still there for anybody interested in the Norwegian names, spoken slowly:
http://norwegianne.net/543.aif

That link doesn't work for me. It loads, but comes up completely blank. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[kyansaunt20]

In the Prince Felix Feature on youtube Guillaume says his name in the first couple of seconds and it sounds like Fee-lix to me but you might want to go on youtube and check it out

Does anyone know how to pronounce Prince Félix's name? With the accent I doubt its Fee-lix, but Fay-lix the way the é is pronounced in my French classes doesn't seem right either. 0-o

 

[Laurentienne]

The link posted by Norwegianne works fine here! Thank you for your link Norwegianne! But it takes some time to download here. So far, in 10 minutes, I've only heard Harald, Sonja and Haakon Magnus. Slow computer here! Yupp!!

Not easy to be a foreigner trying to learn Norwegian!

 

[Furienna]

It works fine for me too, but you have to download it.

 

[RhapsodyBrat]

How do you pronounce Eugenie/Eugenia in English, French and Spanish?

Eugenia in Spanish would be pronounced yoo-hen-nia (The sound of H in the second syllable is 'raspier' and harder in than in English).

And to that end, is Infanta Leonor
Lay-o-nor

Leonor in Spanish would be leo-nohr. The first syllable is pronounced fast and is not separately.

 

[principessa]

It's not a first name but a surname: How do you pronounce Plantagenet? More French, more English, or what else?

 

[Her_Majesty]

In this video you can hear how the name of Märtha's youngest daughter Emma Tallulah is pronounced
(around 20 seconds)
NRK Nett-TV Nyheter - aktuelt

 

[Shikha Pal]

How are certain royal names pronounced?

Beatrix - I pronounce it as Bay-ah-tricks but I've heard it pronounced as Bee-Tricks

Margrethe - I pronounce it as Mar-gray-dah but I've heard it pronounced as Mar-Gretta

Haakon - I believe its pronounced as Hoo-Konn and not Har-Konn as I originally pronounced it

Fabiola - Is it Faby-Olah or Fab-io-lah? I say Fab-io-lah

Joachim - I hear it most commonly as Yo-ah-Kimm but I was told by a Danish pal that its actually York-Im.

Hey
My Norwegian friend told Haakon is pronounced Hakon

 

[Jacknch]

How are certain royal names pronounced?

Beatrix - I pronounce it as Bay-ah-tricks but I've heard it pronounced as Bee-Tricks

Margrethe - I pronounce it as Mar-gray-dah but I've heard it pronounced as Mar-Gretta

Haakon - I believe its pronounced as Hoo-Konn and not Har-Konn as I originally pronounced it

Fabiola - Is it Faby-Olah or Fab-io-lah? I say Fab-io-lah

Joachim - I hear it most commonly as Yo-ah-Kimm but I was told by a Danish pal that its actually York-Im.

Haakon is pronounced as Hawk - Haw-kon/Hor-kon

 

[Her_Majesty]

Hey
My Norwegian friend told Haakon is pronounced Hakon

You can hear how is name is pronounced here at 0,27 min and 1,01 min:

NRK Nett-TV - hastighetsmåling

 

[Turkish Delight]

Can anyone tell me that how can I pronounce Rania?

 

[Katrianna]

How is the name "Thyra" pronounced? I hope I spelled it correctly.

 

[Furienna]

It would be pronounced something like "Teera".

 

[Katrianna]

Thanks, what a pretty name.

 

[emmalisa]

Dear Dutch speakers, do you pronounce the name Boudewijn exactly the same way as a French version Baudoin, like [Bo:dwä:n]?

 

[MandysRoyalty]

Norwegian Names

Nina Berglund of Aftenposten Multimedia gave me the correct ways of pronouncing the names of Norway’s royal family a couple of years ago. She is terrific!

Mette-Marit: “METT-eh MAR-it” (accent on the first syllables.)

Haakon: “HO-cone” (definitely NOT “Hawk-en!”)

Mãrtha Louise: “MARE-tuh Luh-VEE-she” (Swedish pronounciation… NOT “Martha”)

Sonja: “SO-nya”

Harald: “HA-rald” (”Ha” like “rah”)

 

[Lady Claire]

Does anyone know how to pronounce Prince Félix's name? With the accent I doubt its Fee-lix, but Fay-lix the way the é is pronounced in my French classes doesn't seem right either. 0-o

Here is a video with a reporter saying his name aroung 3:45. It sound like Fay- Lix but it could also be Fee- Lix. It is hard to tell, but my money is on Fay- Lix.

RTL.lu - Video Archiv

 

[JulieS]

Here is a video with a reporter saying his name aroung 3:45. It sound like Fay- Lix but it could also be Fee- Lix. It is hard to tell, but my money is on Fay- Lix.

RTL.lu - Video Archiv

French is my mother tongue. Félix is pronounced Fay-Lix.

 

[Lalla Meriem]

Anyone know how Imre is pronounced? I have never heard the Archduke's name spoken so I cannot say how it is pronounced.

 

[norwegianne]

Norwegian Royal Names pronounced: Pronunciation: Norwegian Royal Names | The Royal Twist

Danish Royal Names pronounced: Pronunciation: Danish royals | The Royal Twist

 

[christinacg]

Wow Thyra is so pretty. I always pronounced it Tyra, like Tyra Banks.

I asked this a few years ago and no one answered, but I'm still very curious; how is the Jose in Marie Jose (of Italy) pronounced? Whenever I see Jose I want to say it like the Spanish male name, but I'm sure thats not right for a Belgian-born female!

 

[yoyo1987]

in italian marie jose ismariii giosè)
in spanish ismarììì jose)(la j is guttural) you must hear the pronunce

 

[yoyo1987]

How are certain royal names pronounced?

Beatrix - I pronounce it as Bay-ah-tricks but I've heard it pronounced as Bee-Tricks

Margrethe - I pronounce it as Mar-gray-dah but I've heard it pronounced as Mar-Gretta

Haakon - I believe its pronounced as Hoo-Konn and not Har-Konn as I originally pronounced it

Fabiola - Is it Faby-Olah or Fab-io-lah? I say Fab-io-lah

Joachim - I hear it most commonly as Yo-ah-Kimm but I was told by a Danish pal that its actually York-Im.

in italian
Beatrix is bea-tri-ce
margrethe : mar-ghe(strong)- ri-ta
haakon: haa-con
fabiola: fa- bhio-la
joachim: gioa.kki-no

 

[Lalla Meriem]

You can hear most of these names pronounced by native speakers here Forvo: the pronunciation guide. All the words in the world pronounced by native speakers It's been a pretty useful site for me with names and other words in various languages.