How to pronounce Gibboney?

GI'- bu - nee
The "GI" is pronouned like 'guitar' and carries the syllabic emphasis (stress)
The "bu" is pronounced like 'bust'
The "nee" is pronounced like 'knee'

Last Name

Hiberno-Norman - Irish of Norman descent

Giboney, Gibney

Gibbon is reportedly related to Gilbert as a personal name, meaning "bright pledge" - 12th century

The family crest's motto reads "Auxilium Ex Oceano" (aid from the deep - from the Crusades) and is shared with the Gibbon, Gibbons, Fitzgibbons & MacGibbon branches, all of which were prominent in the counties of Limerick and Mayo, Ireland. Thomas Gibboney came to Virginia, USA, in the ealy 18th Century from Tyrone County, Ireland. Wytheville, VA became the hub from which the Gibboney family spread.

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The American pronunciation of Gibboney is

gih·boh·nee  

g	sounds like the		'g'	in 'go'
ih	sounds like the		'i'	in 'it'
b	sounds like the		'b'	in 'bat'
oh	sounds like the		'o'	in 'so'
n	sounds like the		'n'	in 'no'
ee	sounds like the		'ee'	in 'see'

Last Name

American

Gibboney is pronounced as

G IH - b uh - n ee

g	sounds like the		'g'	in 'go'
ih	sounds like the		'i'	in 'it'
b	sounds like the		'b'	in 'bat'
uh	sounds like the		'u'	in 'up'
n	sounds like the		'n'	in 'no'
ee	sounds like the		'ee'	in 'see'

Gibboney is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ G IH - b uh - n ee ]

G	IH	-	b	uh	-	n	ee
go	it		bat	up		no	see

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