How to pronounce Desiree?

Dez-uh-RAY
This is the right way to pronounce it. My name is Desiree.

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First Name

French

Female

Desirée

To Desire

This name is properly spelled with an accent mark over the second "e", but in English, seeing as we don't use accent marks, it has been dropped. The letter "é" is pronounced like a long "a" in French. That gives it the "ray" sound. I have done a lot of research into the origin of my name (because I'm a nerd :) and I take French, so I know a lot about this. It is possible that someone with the name Desiree could use the "ree" sound at the end. It's really best to ask them. The way the name was originally meant to sound was with a "ray", however.

Desiree is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ d eh - z uh - r EE ]

d	eh	-	z	uh	-	r	EE
do	pet		zen	up		rat	see

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Desiree is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ d eh - z uh - r AI ]

d	eh	-	z	uh	-	r	AI
do	pet		zen	up		rat	pain

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First Name

French

Female

Desirée

To Desire

This name is properly spelled with an accent mark over the second "e", but in English, seeing as we don't use accent marks, it has been dropped. The letter "é" is pronounced like a long "a" in French. That gives it the "ray" sound. I have done a lot of research into the origin of my name (because I'm a nerd :) and I take French, so I know a lot about this. It is possible that someone with the name Desiree could use the "ree" sound at the end. It's really best to ask them. The way the name was originally meant to sound was with a "ray", however.

Desiree is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ Dezz Raay ]

Désireé

North American

To be desired

This is how my mother has always pronounced my name.

dez-zer-RAY

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First Name

Female

Desire

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First Name

Swedish

Female

Desiree is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ De-zu-ree ]

You pronounced it as 'd eh z - uh - r ai ' The 'ai' as in 'pain'. That is wrong. It should be just 'ee' as in 'sheep'. Like ''d eh z - uh - r ee ' I actually asked one Desiree the pronunciation of her name. :)

Dez-eh-Ray

First Name

Female

Desire

De-zu-rEE ("EE" pronounced as in bEE)

Des-Ray

Désireé

North American

To be desired

This is how my mother has always pronounced my name.