If you ever traveled around the world and stayed for long enough to get caught in the new country’s culture and language, you most probably know how hard it is to get the foreign names right. Whether ...

Navigating the world as the parent of a child with a unique or difficult-to-pronounce name can be a constant source of frustration. When I named my daughter Chiara, I never considered that people ...

I stared, frozen at a website my colleague sent me to record how to correctly pronounce my name. All I have to do is record myself saying it, and I’ll have a link for the benefit of others, but I ...

Gisele Bündchen is an internationally known supermodel, but people apparently struggle to get her name right. A clip from her 2005 appearance on "Late Night with Conan O’Brien" has resurfaced online, ...

I will admit that botanical names are often convoluted. Moreover, many times their pronunciation doesn’t follow the ...

The actor's name — said the 'funky old English' way, as he puts it — is pronounced as 'Rafe' Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — It’s no secret that Upstate New York is known for having difficult to pronounce names for its cities, towns, and even bodies of water. This isn’t a new conversation as I’ve ...