How to pronounce Zyroff?

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Pronunciation of Zyroff in Sharon, MA, USA

Zyroff is pronounced as

z ee r aw f

z sounds like the 'z' in 'zen'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'
aw sounds like the 'aw' in 'law'
f sounds like the 'f' in 'fan'


Zyroff is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ z ee r aw f ]

z ee r aw f
zen see rat law fan

Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Poland

Alternate Spelling(s):

None

Meaning:

Unknown

Additional Information:

Americanization of the Polish surname "Zyro", later 1940s. The suffix -ff was added due to Eastern European origin, but not Russian as you'd expect with -off ending. Added because Zyro would not sound good in English due to similarity to the word zero.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Zyroff in Sharon, MA, USA

Zee (rhymes with see)
roff (rhymes with doff)

-or-

Zihr (rhymes with stir)
"off"

Please note: If first syllable rhymes with "eye" then it is being pronounced WRONG.


Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Poland

Alternate Spelling(s):

None

Meaning:

Unknown

Additional Information:

Americanization of the Polish surname "Zyro", later 1940s. The suffix -ff was added due to Eastern European origin, but not Russian as you'd expect with -off ending. Added because Zyro would not sound good in English due to similarity to the word zero.


Comments: