How to pronounce Goldsworthy?

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Pronunciation of Goldsworthy in US

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Goldsworthy is pronounced as

g OH l d z w ER dh ee

g sounds like the 'g' in 'go'
oh sounds like the 'o' in 'so'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'
d sounds like the 'd' in 'do'
z sounds like the 'z' in 'zen'
w sounds like the 'w' in 'win'
er sounds like the 'ur' in 'hurt'
dh sounds like the 'th' in 'the'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'


Goldsworthy is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ g OH l d z w ER dh ee ]

g OH l d z w ER dh ee
go so let do zen win hurt the see



Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

American


Comments:

Pronunciation of Goldsworthy in San Francisco, CA, USA

Goldsworthy is pronounced as

GULZ-ar-'thee'


Goldsworthy is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ GULZ-ar-'thee' ]

Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Cornish (Cornwall, England)

Gender:

Male, Female

Alternate Spelling(s):

Galsworthy; Gouldsworthy

Meaning:

"place where the bog myrtle grew" is one possibility

Additional Information:

Cornish (Gaelic language) surname that was probably corrupted or adapted to this Anglo-Saxon spelling as well as the others noted above.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Goldsworthy in San Francisco, CA, USA

GULZ-er-'thee' or GULZ-ar-'thee' is how you'd hear it with a "West Country" accent in Devon or Cornwall (where the surname originated). Whether that pronunciation is more "correct" is debatable.


Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Cornish (Cornwall, England)

Gender:

Male, Female

Alternate Spelling(s):

Galsworthy; Gouldsworthy

Meaning:

"place where the bog myrtle grew" is one possibility

Additional Information:

Cornish (Gaelic language) surname that was probably corrupted or adapted to this Anglo-Saxon spelling as well as the others noted above.


Comments: