How to pronounce author names starting with G

Author Pronunciations

48 last names beginning with "G"

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Diana Gabaldon

gabble-dn

Aja Gabel

AY-zha GAY-buhl. Like the words "Asia" and "gable."

Neil Gaiman

kneel gay-mn

Caseen Gaines

kuh-SEEN

Marcial Gala

mart-see-EL GAH-luh

Jonathan Galassi

guh-LAH-see

Rivka Galchen

gull-chen (approx)

Michelle Gallen

Sounds like gallon

Jack Gantos

gan-tose (to quote the author, the second syllable rhymes with verbose)

Anu Garg

Ahn-noo Gahr-g

Henry Louis Gates

middle name is pronounced loo-is

Paul L.. Gaus

Gows

Atul Gawande

atool ga-wan-day

Alastair Gee

AL-is-ter jee

Abby Geni

Pronounced like genie - jee-nee

Ted Genoways

JEN-oh-ways

Sulari Gentill

suh-LAH-ree GEN-tle

Mordicai Gerstein

MORE-di-kie ger-steen (middle syllable of first name is a short i; last syllable rhymes with 'hi'

Louis Gerstner

Loo-is

Masha Gessen

GESS-en, rhymes with yes

Camilla Gibb

cam-ILL-uh

Patricia Reilly Giff

ry-lee (first syllable rhymes with bye). Giff has a hard g

David R.. Gillham

GILL-um

Grant Ginder

Hard G in "Ginder"

Paolo Giordano

approximately pow-lo jaw-darno

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