How does SayMyName choose pronunciation audio?

SayMyName searches real human voice pronunciation sources first and uses AI-generated audio only as a fallback.

Why are native-script and romanized names separate pronunciations?

A romanized name and a native-script name can have different sounds, phonemes, and audio, so SayMyName treats each language variant as its own playable entry.

How It Works

Hear any name pronounced correctly.

Pronunciation strategy

We search multiple crowd-sourced databases for real-person pronunciations and use AI only as a last resort.

We do not cache provider audio on our servers due to licensing.

If a full name is not found but a real voice for the first name is available, we play the first name. If only the last name is found, we do not mix it with AI for consistency, so we fall back instead.

Voice Sources

We prefer real human recordings — first via NameShouts, then Forvo. When no human recording exists, we fall back to AI synthesis by ElevenLabs. Each playback row shows whether you're hearing a human () or AI () voice.

Privacy First

Saved names stay on this device unless you share them. Quick share links still encode one name in the URL; new shared-list links and name-card links use short server-backed tokens. See Privacy for details. Server-side analytics keep hashed names only.

Acknowledgments

Real-voice name pronunciations are powered by NameShouts and Forvo.

AI-generated pronunciations are powered by ElevenLabs.

Contact

Questions or feedback? Email [email protected].

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