How to pronounce Jekyll?

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Pronunciation of Jekyll in Glasgow, Scotland

Jekyll is pronounced as

j ee k l

j sounds like the 'j' in 'jug'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
k sounds like the 'k' in 'key'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'


Jekyll is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ j ee k l ]

j ee k l
jug see key let

Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Scots

Additional Information:

Letter to the Times, Nov. 28, 1980:

Sir,

Mr Roger Lancelyn Green (25 November) asks whether it is known how Robert Louis Stevenson intended the name of Dr Jekyll should be pronounced. Fortunately a reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, who interviewed Stevenson in his hotel bedroom in San Francisco on 7 June 1888, asked him that very question:

‘There has been considerable discussion, Mr Stevenson, as to the pronunciation or Dr Jekyll’s name. Which do you consider to be correct?’

Stevenson (described as propped up in bed ‘wearing a white woollen nightdress and a tired look’) replied: ‘By all means let the name be pronounced as though it spelt “Jee-kill”, not “Jek-ill”. Jekyll is a very good family name in England, and over there it is pronounced in the manner stated.’

Yours faithfully,

Ernest Mehew


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Pronunciation of Jekyll in north of england

Jekyll is pronounced as

J:jug ee:see k:key uu:put l:let


Jekyll is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ J:jug ee:see k:key uu:put l:let ]

Type of Name:

last name

Language:

scottish

Gender:

Male

Additional Information:

From the book about Dr.jekyll and Mr.Hyde


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Pronunciation of Jekyll in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Jekyll is pronounced as

J EH - k uh l

j sounds like the 'j' in 'jug'
eh sounds like the 'e' in 'pet'
k sounds like the 'k' in 'key'
uh sounds like the 'u' in 'up'
l sounds like the 'l' in 'let'


Jekyll is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ J EH - k uh l ]

J EH - k uh l
jug pet   key up let

Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Europe, specific country unknown

Gender:

Male, Female

Alternate Spelling(s):

Jeckel

Additional Information:

Made famous by the 1886 novella by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."


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Pronunciation of Jekyll in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

JEH-kull


Type of Name:

Last Name

Language:

Europe, specific country unknown

Gender:

Male, Female

Alternate Spelling(s):

Jeckel

Additional Information:

Made famous by the 1886 novella by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."


Comments:

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