Pronunciation of Virginia Names

PRONUNCIATION OF VIRGINIA NAMES

Armistead = Um-stead

Gooch = Gouge

Berkeley = Barkly or Bartlett

Goodwin = Good-in

Bernard = Barnett

Hairston = Hars-ton

Berwick = Barrik

Heyward = Howard

Brockenbrough = Brokenburrow

Harwood = Hair-ud

Blount = Blunt

Haughton/Hawthorne = Horton

Booth = Bow-th

Higginson = Hick-ur-son

Botetourt = Bot-e-tot

Hinde = Hines

Bowie = Boo-ee

Hodsden = Hodge-den

Burwell = Burr-ell

Ironmonger = Mon-ger

Callowhill = Carroll

James = Jeames/gems

Chamberlaine = Chaumberlin

Langhorne = Lang-on

Chisman = Cheese-mun

Lawrence = Lar-ance

Connelly = Con-lee

Lupo = Luper

Contesse = Count-iss

Mallicote = Malicut

Crenshaw = Grange-ur

Maury = Murry

Daisy = Dis-ee

Michaux = Mish-ur

Degge/Degges = Digs/Diggs

Montford/Munford = Mumford

Deneufville = Don-a-vel

Murdaugh = Murder

Dewberry = Dew-bree

Napier = Napper

Drewry = Drew-it/Druitt

Norsworthy = Nazary

Eloise = El-o-eez-ee

Patrick = Par-trick

Enroughty = Dur-bee

Piggot = Pick-it

Eunice = U-nice-ee

Presson = Press-ee

Fauntleroy = Fan-till-roy

Randolph = Randall

Fauquier = Fawk-ee-ur

Rochelle = Roach-el

Folk = Fork

Sclater = Slaughter & Slater

Fontaine = Foun-tin

Semple = Sarmple

Fulgham = Full-jum

Sewell/Seawell = Sow-el

Gawin = Go-in

Sweeny = Swinny

Geddy = Gad-ee

Taliaferro = Toliver

Gibson = Gip-son

Timberlake = Timber-leg

Gilliam = Gill-um

Turlington = Turn-ton

Gloucester = Glos-ter

Wills = Wells

Goodrich = Gut-ridge

Yardley = Yeard-lee

 

 

 

William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 3, No.  4, April 1895

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