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The archaic pronunciation of surnames has not always developed at the same pace as our language, and can cause confusion. The table below gives guidance on the pronunciation of a selection of English surnames - establishing the traditional pronunciation of a surname will ensure that you do not cause offence. 

Surname

Pronunciation

Thorold

Thurrald

Thynne

Thin

Tichbourne

Titch-bourne

Tighe

Tie

Tollemache

Tol-mash (Tall-mash is archaic)

Torphichen

Tor-kken

Touchet

Touch-et

Tovey

Tuvvy

Trafalgar

Traffle-gar (title only)

Traquair

Tra-quare

Tredegar

Tre-deegar

Trefusis

Tre-fusis

Trevelyan

Tre-villian

Trimlestown

Trimmels-ton

Trowbridge

Troobridge

Tuchet

Touch-et

Tuite

Tute

Tullibardine

Tulli-bard-in

Turnour

Turner

Tuvey

Tuvvy

Twohy

Too-y

Twysden

Twis-den

Tynte

Tint

Tyrrell

Tirrell

Tyrwhitt

Tirrit

Tyzack

Tie-sack

Urquhart

Urk-ut

Uvedale

Youv-dale

Vachell

Vay-chell

Valentia

Val-en-shia

Valletort

Valley-tort

Van Straubenzee

Van Straw-ben-zie

Vaughan

Vawn

Vaux

Vokes

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