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How to pronounce Bers?

Pronunciation of Bers in but my family is from Latvia (and before that Lithuania)

In but my family is from Latvia (and before that Lithuania), Bers is primarily classified as a surname (last name). The pronunciation of this name, specifically in I live in Hamden, Connecticut, but my family is from Latvia (and before that Lithuania), is

As in "bears."
  • as sounds like the 'as' in gas
  • in sounds like the 'in' in pin

"This Jewish name should be distinguished from Behrs, a German name, as in Sophia Behrs, Tolstoy's wife. In Yiddish the name "Ber" itself means the animal, the bear.It was often combined with the Hebrew equivalent, Dov, hence the name Dov-Ber (or Duber): see Max Weinreich, History of the Yiddish Language (New York, 2008) vol. 1, p. 310."

Type of Name: Last Name
Origin: Yiddish. Prob. Patronymic From First Name Ber.
Other spelling(s): Berzs (following Lettish [Latvian Language] Orthography)
Meaning: Probably, Ber's Son Or Daughter (cf. Malkin, A Matronymic, Child Of Malke)


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Pronunciation of Bers in but my family is from Latvia (and before that Lithuania)

In but my family is from Latvia (and before that Lithuania), Bers is primarily classified as a surname (last name). The pronunciation of this name, specifically in I live in Hamden, Connecticut, but my family is from Latvia (and before that Lithuania), is

"Bears"

"This Jewish name should be distinguished from Behrs, a German name, as in Sophia Behrs, Tolstoy's wife. In Yiddish the name "Ber" itself means the animal, the bear.It was often combined with the Hebrew equivalent, Dov, hence the name Dov-Ber (or Duber): see Max Weinreich, History of the Yiddish Language (New York, 2008) vol. 1, p. 310."

Type of Name: Last Name
Origin: Yiddish. Prob. Patronymic From First Name Ber.
Other spelling(s): Berzs (following Lettish [Latvian Language] Orthography)
Meaning: Probably, Ber's Son Or Daughter (cf. Malkin, A Matronymic, Child Of Malke)


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In the southeastern corner of London lies Greenwich, a borough famous for marking the Prime Meridian (0° longitude), the imaginary line that separates the eastern and western halves of the world.

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