How to pronounce Bebhinn?

The pronunciation of Bebhinn, also commonly spelled Beibhinn or Bébhinn, varies depending on the dialect of Irish. 'Be' should be pronounced 'beh' (as in 'bed'), while 'Bei' or 'Bé' should be pronounced 'bey' (rhyming with 'hay' or 'play'). In all forms of Irish, 'bh' sounds like a 'v'. In 'inn' sound at the end can be pronounced as either 'in' (rhyming with kin) or 'een' (rhyming with queen). In summation, Bebhinn and its variants might be pronounced beh-vin, beh-veen, bey-vin, or bey-veen.

Bebhinn is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ b eh - v ih n ]

b	eh	-	v	ih	n
bat	pet		very	it	no

be-vin
be - pronounced as 'be' in BET
vin - rhymes with PIN, SIN

Origin: Irish
Gender: Female
Means: Fair Lady

Bebhinn is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ bebhimm ]

BEV - een

be v inn

Bev-een
'Bev' as in 'Beverly', 'een' as in 'seen'

From the Old Irish words for woman, 'bean', and musically sweet, 'binn' (commonly altered to create the soft consonant sound of a v in 'bhinn').

Variant forms include Bebinn (the combination between 'bean' and 'binn' unaltered, pronounced beh-bin), Befionn ('bean' and 'fionn', meaning white, pronounced beh-fin), and Beibhinn ('bean' and 'binn', pronounced bey-veen).