The top 20 mispronounced baby names across the world 🤔
You'll be surprised at Number 1
It's no secret that there's been a rise in unique names over the last few decades, mainly thanks to influences from TV shows, and celebrities such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, and The Kardashians.
But whilst some unique names can be difficult to pronounce, a new study carried out by WordFinderX has found a very popular British and Irish name has actually topped the charts for being the most mispronounced baby name across the world.
According to the research, the popular name of Sean was queried over a million times across the world.
Check out the top 20 mispronounced names across the world:
1) Sean
Origin: Irish
Number of listens: 1 million
Pronounced: 'Shaw-n'
2) Xuxa
Origin: Basque
Number of listens: 802,000
Pronounced: 'shoo-shah'
3) Victoria
Origin: Latin
Number of listens: 696,000
Pronounced: 'vik-toh-ree-aa'
4) Francisco
Origin: Portuguese/Spanish
Number of listens: 635,000
Pronounced: 'fɾanˈsisko'
5) Plato
Origin: Greek
Number of listens: 617,000
Pronounced: 'play-tow'
6) Anna
Origin: Hebrew
Number of listens: 532,000
Pronounced: 'Ann-uh'
7) Estrella
Origin: Spanish
Number of listens: 490,000
Pronounced: 'ehs-treh-yah'
8) Alexander
Origin: Greek
Number of listens: 422,000
Pronounced: 'a-luhg-zaan-duh'
9) Benjamin
Origin: Hebrew
Number of listens: 399,000
Pronounced: 'ben-juh-min'
10) Michael
Origin: Hebrew
Number of listens: 364,000
Pronounced: 'my-kuhl'
11) Maria
Origin: Latin
Number of listens: 357,000
Pronounced: 'muh-ree-uh'
12) Xavier
Origin: Latin
Number of listens: 349,000
Pronounced: 'zay-vee-uh'
13) Thomas
Origin: Aramaic
Number of listens: 344,000
Pronounced: 'tom-uhs'
14) Anne
Origin: English, Hebrew, French
Number of listens: 343,000
Pronounced: 'an'
15) David
Origin: Hebrew
Number of listens: 339,000
Pronounced: 'day-vid'
16) Mary
Origin: Hebrew
Number of listens: 330,000
Pronounced: 'mair-ee'
17) Guillaume
Origin: French
Number of listens: 324,000
Pronounced: 'gee-yohm'
18) Laura
Origin: Latin
Number of listens: 322,000
Pronounced: 'law-ruh'
19) Juan
Origin: Spanish
Number of listens: 299,000
Pronounced: 'whan'
20) Saoirse
Origin: Irish
Number of listens: 293,000
Pronounced: 'sur-sha'
In order to carry out the study, WordFinderX curated a list of 12,768 names and their origins from Nameberry.com. The company then researched how many times each of the names had been listened to on Forvo.com, an online pronunciation library, to determine which are the most mispronounced names around the world.
The research also found that the top five mispronounced English names are: Anne, James, Lauren, Evelyn and Christian, whilst the top five mispronounced Irish names are: Sean, Saoirse, Siobhan, Ryan, and Liam.
You can see the full research here.
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