Saying someone’s name right is the smallest act of respect with the biggest impact. Every guide here is hand-checked — hear the name, see which syllable to stress, then practice with your microphone until it’s natural.
Saoirse
SEER-sha
Siobhán
shiv-AWN
Niamh
NEEV
Tadhg
TYGE
Aoife
EE-fa
Caoimhe
KEE-va
Cian
KEE-an
Oisín
uh-SHEEN
Gráinne
GRAW-nya
Eoin
OH-in
Nguyen
WIN
Tran
CHAN
Pham
FAM
Le
LAY
Huynh
HWIN
Vo
VAW
Bui
BOO-ee
Dang
DAHNG
Duong
ZOO-ung
Do
DOH
Aarav
AH-ruhv
Priya
PREE-ya
Lakshmi
LUHK-shmee
Siddharth
sid-DHARTH
Deepika
DEE-pih-kah
Arjun
UR-jun
Ananya
uh-NUHN-ya
Venkatesh
ven-kuh-TAYSH
Kavya
KAHV-ya
Sanjay
SUN-jay
Xi
SHEE
Zhang
JAHNG
Qiu
CHYO
Xu
SHOO
Zhao
JOW
Qian
CHYEN
Jiang
JYAHNG
Xiao
SHOW
Cai
TSY
Zhou
JOH
Khadija
kha-DEE-jah
Qasim
KAH-sim
Ghassan
gha-SAHN
Aisha
AH-ee-shah
Yusuf
YOO-suf
Fatima
FAH-tee-mah
Tariq
TAH-rik
Zainab
ZAY-nab
Hussein
hoo-SAYN
Omar
OH-mar
Guillaume
gee-YOHM
Anaïs
ah-nah-EES
Amélie
ah-may-LEE
Étienne
ay-TYEN
Geneviève
zhun-VYEV
Baptiste
bah-TEEST
Margaux
mar-GOH
Thibault
tee-BOH
Camille
kah-MEEY
Hervé
air-VAY
Krzysztof
KSHISH-tof
Wojciech
VOY-chekh
Małgorzata
mow-go-ZHAH-tah
Grzegorz
GZHEH-gosh
Andrzej
AHN-jay
Zbigniew
ZBIG-nyef
Katarzyna
kah-tah-ZHIH-nah
Łukasz
WOO-kash
Przemysław
psheh-MIH-swahf
Szczepan
SHCHEH-pahn
Papadopoulos
pah-pah-THO-poo-los
Eleni
eh-LEH-nee
Dimitris
dhee-MEE-trees
Ioannis
yo-AH-nees
Katerina
kah-teh-REE-nah
Christos
HREE-stos
Anastasios
ah-nah-STAH-syos
Georgios
ye-OR-yos
Rhys
REES
Angharad
ang-HAH-rad
Cerys
KEH-ris
Dafydd
DAH-vith
Gwilym
GWIL-im
Myfanwy
muh-VAN-wee
Llewelyn
loo-EL-in
Siân
SHAHN
Adebayo
ah-deh-BAH-yaw
Chukwuemeka
choo-kwoo-eh-MEH-kah
Ngozi
n-GOH-zee
Oluwaseun
oh-loo-wah-SHEH-un
Chiamaka
chee-ah-MAH-kah
Yetunde
yeh-TOON-deh
Emeka
eh-MEH-kah
Folake
faw-LAH-keh
Ikechukwu
ee-keh-CHOO-kwoo
Temitope
teh-mee-TAW-peh
Choi
CHWEH
Jung
JUHNG
Kang
KAHNG
Yoon
YOON
Hyun
HYUN
Seung
SUHNG
Ji-woo
JEE-woo
Park
PAHK
Ryo
RYOH
Yui
YOO-ee
Tsubasa
tsoo-BAH-sah
Kaito
KY-toh
Sakura
SAH-koo-rah
Haruki
hah-ROO-kee
Shinji
SHEEN-jee
Ryunosuke
ryoo-NOH-skeh
Zendaya
zen-DAY-a
Timothée
TIM-oh-tay
Lupita
loo-PEE-tah
Keoghan
KYOH-gun
Joaquin
wah-KEEN
Charlize
shar-LEES
Gadot
gah-DOTE
Ratajkowski
rat-ay-KOV-skee
Nyong'o
NYONG-oh
Schwarzenegger
SHWORT-sin-ay-ger