PRONUNCIATION OF SURNAMES
from the book
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119TH EDITION (March 1939)
| ABERGAVENNY | Aberge'nny |
| AYSCOUGH | As'kew |
| BARTELOT | Bart'lett |
| BEAUCHAMP | Beech'em |
| BEAUCLERC | Bo'clair |
| BEAULIEU | Bew'ly |
| BEGEHOT | Bag'got |
| BELLINGHAM | Bellinjam |
| BELVOIR | Beaver |
| BETHUNE | Beeton |
| BICESTER | Bister |
| BOISRAGON | Bar'ragon |
| BOLEYN | Bullen |
| BOUCHER | Bow'cher |
| BOURCHIER | Bow'cher |
| BOURKE | Burk |
| CALDERON | Caldron |
| CHANDOS | Shandos |
| CHARTERIS | Charters |
| CHEYNE | Cheen, Chain or Chee'ne |
| CHISHOLM | Chizum |
| CHIVAS | Shee'vus |
| CHIVES | Shee'vus |
| CHOLMONDELEY | Chum'ley |
| CIRENCESTER | Sis'ister |
| CLAVERHOUSE | Clavers |
| COCHRANE | Coch'ran ("ch" guttural) |
| COCKBURN | Co'burn |
| COGHLAN | Co'lon |
| COLQUHOUN | Co'hoon |
| COWPER | Cooper |
| DALZIEL | Dee-ell |
| DILLWYN | Dillon |
| DONOGHUE | Dun-no-hew |
| DROGHEDA | Dro-heda |
| DUMARESQ | Doomer'rick |
| DYMOKE | Dum'muk |
| DYNEVOR | Din'nevor |
| ELGIN | El'gin ("g" hard) |
| ENRAGHT | En'rowt |
| EYRE | Air |
| FALCONER | Fawkner |
| FARQUHAR | Far'har |
| FIENNES | Fynes ("I" syllable) |
| FILDES | Filds (rhymes with wilds) |
| FOLJAMBE | Fool'jum |
| FORTESCUE | For'teskew |
| FOULIS | Fowls |
| FURNEAUX | Fur'no |
| GAHAGAN | Gay'gan |
| GALLAGHER | Gal'laher |
| GEOFFREY | Jefrey |
| GEOGHEGAN | Gay'gan |
| GLAMIS | Glahms ("i" syllable) |
| GOUGH | Goff |
| GOWER | Gore |
| GRAEME | Grame |
| GRAHAM | Grame |
| GREIG | Greg |
| GRIERSON | Greerson |
| GROSVENOR | Gro'venor |
| HALKETT | Hak'et |
| HAWARDEN | Har'den |
| HEPBURN | Heb'burn |
| HOEY | Hoy |
| HOME | Home or Hume |
| IVEAGH | Ivah |
| IVERACH | Eeverach ("ch" guttural) |
| IVES | Ivs ("i" syllable) |
| KEILLER | Keel'or |
| KEILOR | Keel'or |
| KER | Kar or Ker |
| KIRKBY | Kir'by |
| KNOLLYS | Noles |
| KNOWLES | Noles |
| LEVESON-GOWER | Looson-Gore |
| LYGON | Liggon |
| MACLEAN | Mac-la'ne |
| MACLEAY | Mac-lay' |
| MACLEOD | Mac-loud' |
| MACMAHON | Mac-mahn |
| MARJORIBANKS | March'banks or Marsh'banks |
| MATURIN | Match'urin |
| MAUGHAM | Mawm |
| MAUGHAN | Mawn |
| MCLEOD | Mac-loud' |
| MEARNS | Merns or Mairns |
| MEIKLEJOHN | Mik'-el-john |
| MELHUISH | Mel'-wish |
| MENZIES | Meng'is |
| METHVEN | Meffen |
| MEUX | Mews |
| MEYRICK | Merrick |
| MONRO | Munro' |
| MOWAT | Mow'at ('ow" as in cow) or Mo-at |
| MYERSCOUGH | Maskew |
| POLE-CAREW | Pool-Cary |
| POWELL | Po-el or Pow'el |
| POWIS | Pow'is or Po-is |
| POWYS | Pow'is or Po-is |
| PRIDEAUX | Prid'o or Pree-do |
| PUGH | Pew |
| PYTCHLEY | Pite-chley |
| REAY | Ray |
| REES | Reece |
| RHYS | Reece |
| ROWTON | Row'ton ("ow" as in cow) |
| RUTHVEN | Riven or Ruffen |
| SCRIMGEOUR | Scrim-jer |
| SHIVES | Shee'vus |
| SKRINE | Screen |
| ST. JOHN | Sin-jun |
| STRACHAN | Strawn or Stra-han |
| SUTER | Sooter |
| THYNNE | Thin |
| TREDEGAR | Tread-'eager |
| TRYWHITT | Territ |
| URQUHART | Ur-hart ("quh" guttural) |
| WAUCHOPE | Walk-up |
| WEMYSS | Weems |
| WOLSELEY | Wools'-ly |
| WRIOTHESLEY | Roxly |
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