How to pronounce author names starting with A

Author Pronunciations

60 last names beginning with "A"

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Lauren Acampora

ah-come-POUR-uh

Andre Aciman

ANN-dray AH-see-mahn

Gil Adamson

Gil is short for Gillian, thus pronounced Jill

Tomi Adeyemi

TOE-me ah-dee-YEH-me

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chim-muh-MAHN-duh en-GOH-zee ah-DEECH-ee-(ay) The “ay” is soft, not quite a diphthong.

Aravind Adiga

arh-vindh adi-ja

Bisi Adjapon

BIH-see ad-juh-PAHN

Aamina Ahmad

AH-min-uh AH-muhd

Jamila Ahmed

juh-MEE-luh AH-mehd

Kaveh Akbar

KAH-veh ACK-bar

Qais Akbar Omar

First name pronounced kice (rhymes with rice)

Ayad Akhtar

i-yahd AHK-tar (first syllable rhymes with my)

Uwem Akpan

u-em ak-pan

Boris Akunin

The pen name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, pronounced CHAHAR-kesh-veely

Rabih Alameddine

Rah-be Ahlah-m'dean

Daniel Alarcon

danYELL all-ar-CONE (the "r" is not rolled as in Spanish only double-r's are rolled)

Mitch Albom

al-bum (as in record album)

Madeleine Albright

All-bright

Alan Alda

AL-da. Most pronounce the first syllable to rhyme with ball, but considering Alda's father created the name from the first two letters of his first and last name (Alphonso D'Abruzzo), arguably the first syllable should be as in the Al in Alphonso.

Sherman Alexie

sher-mn a-lexie

Jokha Alharthi

JOKE-uh al-har-TEE

Xhenet Aliu

juh-NET ah-lee-OO

Isabel Allende

Ees-abel Ay-enday (or ä-YEN-d?)

Tone Almhjell

tony al-me-ell

Hala Alyan

ha-LAH ahl-YAN

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