How should i pronounce my name in Spanish ?

Question

I will be grateful if you kindly help me with pronouncing my name !

My name is Shabnam . It means dew in English . But as i know

it should have different pronunciation in Spanish .

Answer 1

My name is Shabnam . It means dew in English .

Since "shabnam" is not an English word (it is "dew" in English and "rocío" in Spanish), you simply pronounce it as it should be, like in Persian or Urdu.

Persian is much closer phonetically to Spanish than English, especially in terms of vowels (except for the "a"), so your native pronunciation should not be very different.

Yes you are right . Even there are some words that are same in Persian and Spanish ! - Shabbu, Sep 15, 2011

Answer 2

My name is a simple and common one, Gary. A name that I have grown up really disliking especially as a child. But it has that G which is a tough one for a Spanish native, then there is the a which is pronounced here like the a in at instead of ahh. Moving on we have that r which we all know gets trilled by most Romance languages so for the first time in my almost 60 years of hearing it I actually like the way it sounds, that is, coming from my non - U S A friends here when we talk on Skype. Your name is who you are, it doesn't change when you go to another country it just sounds different because the alphabet sounds different. Now Shabnam I imagine will only have a slight variation because of the letter "a".

Answer 3

Just say your n ame your own way and they will repeat it their own way no matter where they're from! :D

Spanish:

Me llamo Rebecca

Ah! rrrrrrrrRaybaykah! Mucho gusto!

British:

Me llamo Rebecca

Ruhbekuh! Pleased to meet you!

:D

I think I pronounce it the way it's written.. but so does everyone else!

Answer 4

La_princesa is right, all names especially foreign names are pronounce as is or how you really pronounce it.. the meaning of each names only differ per language and it has its own version per country/language. ex. Mark in english, it may be Marco in Spanish or it may be Maaco in japanese

It's really just bible names (or names from other stories which are shared by different cultures) that have translations. - rabbitwho, Sep 15, 2011

Answer 5

I believe every name is pronounced like in everyone's language . just famous people names have special pronunciation like Korosh which is pronounced Cyrus . but I'm not actually sure

Answer 6

roy in spanish

Answer 7

It would be pronounced as it's written: 'Shabnam'

As you said it means 'Dew' in english, then in Spanish means 'Rocio' which is an actual female name. I, myself, have friend from Mexico called Rocio.

Rocío. - lazarus1907, Sep 15, 2011