Translation requests/WMF/Staff/Pronunciation

name	pronounced as	first name	last name	checked
Executive
Sue Gardner	Canadian/British English	Sue is a common English name: short for Susan. [suː]	Gardner is a common English name. [gɑːrdnər]	self-checked
Erik Möller	German or English	Erik as Eric of Eric Clapton [ɛrik]	oe as ea in heard, ller as in storyteller [ˈmœlɐ]	self-checked
James Owen	English	"James" is a common English name ['dʒeɪmz]	"Owen" is a common English name ['oʊn]
Dana Isokawa
Technology
Danese Cooper	Unknown origin	Danese [dæniːs]	Cooper [kuːpər]
Rob Halsell	American English	Rob is a common English name. [rɑb]	Hal as hall, sell as sell [hɔːlsel]
Tim Starling	American English	Tim is a common English name. [tim]	Star as star, ling as in darling [stɑːliŋ] (or [stɑːrliŋ] in rhotic accents)	self-checked
Mark Bergsma	American English	Mark as mark [mɑːrk]	Berg as in iceberg, s as in closing, a is weak vowel schwa [bəːrgzmə]
Tomasz Finc	Polish	Tomasz [tʰomɑʃ] is a common Polish name which can be shortened to Tomek [tʰomɛk]	[Fiːnts]	self-checked
Michael Dale	American English	Michael is a common English name [ˈmaɪkəl]	Dale exactly as in dale [deɪl]	Checked by Cary Bass
Ariel Glenn	Greek or English	[a.ɾi.ˈɛl] (el), [ˈɛəɹ.i.əl] (en)	[ɡlɛn]	self-checked
Ryan Lane	American English	Ryan is a common English name [raɪʌn]	[leɪn]	self-checked
Erik Zachte	Dutch	both 'E' and 'i' as 'i' in 'Skin' [irik] (stress on first syllable)	Z as in Zoo, a as in 'star', 'ch' as in 'loch', 'te' as 'tu' in 'turn' [zaxtʌ] (stress on first syllable)	self-checked
Priyanka Dhanda	Sanskrit/Indian	Like the common American name Bianca, with a Pre instead of the Bi [prɪ 'jaːn kaː]	Dhan rhymes with Khan from The Wrath of Khan, da as in dark ['ɖʱaːn ɖaː]	Self-checked
Ryan Kaldari	American English	Ryan is a common English name /ɹɑjn/	like "California Ferrari" /kæl 'dɑ ɹi/
Hampton Catlin	American English	/ˈhæmptən/ for Hampton. Or "Hamp-tuhn". The p is nearly silent.	"Catlin" Irish for "Catherine". /kætlɪn/. In American English it would be "cat-lynn"	Self-checked
Rob Lanphier	American English	Rob is a common English name. [rɑb]	LAN-fear - Americanized pronunciation, and might have originally been spelled "Lanphear" anyway	self-checked
Arthur Richards
Brandon Harris	American English	Brandon is a common English name	Like "Ferris" as in the wheel.	Self-checked
Trevor Parscal	American English	Trevor is a common English name [trɛvɔr]	Parscal is a corruption of the common French name Pascal [pæskæl] and is properly pronounced as if the R were not present, as it was artificially added sometime in the mid 19th century	self-checked
Parul Vora	Sanskrit	PAH-ruul [pʰaː rʊl]	VOR-ah [voːr ə]
Guillaume Paumier	French	Guillaume /ɡiʝom/, French for William	Paumier, as in pommier /pɔ.mje/	self-checked
Nimish Gautam	Sanskrit	Nimish, sanskrit for instant, [ˈnɪ mɪʂ] (or [ˈnɪ mɪʃ] as a close approximation), stress on the first syllable	Gautam [ˈɡɔː təm] (close English approximation would be GOH-tum)	self-checked
Howie Fung
Neil Kandalgaonkar	Indian (Maharashtrian)	Neil is a common English name ['nil]	Kandalgaonkar pronounced like English candle, gao rhyming with cow, kar like car. The second n is not pronounced by English speakers. [ˈkændl'gaʊkʊɾ]
Community
Zack Exley
Rand Montoya	American English	Rand rhymes with grand	mon, toy like the English word toy, a like ahhhhhh [mɒntɔɪɔː]
Cary Bass	American English	C as in care, ary as in Mary [kɛəri]	B as in box, rhymes with mass [bæs]	self-checked
Rebecca Handler	American English	Rebecca is a common English name "rə-BEK-ə"	Handler pronounced like the English noun Handler	self-checked
Sara Crouse
Megan Hernandez
Pete Forsyth	American English	Pete is the short form of Peter, a common English name. [pit]	Forsyth is a Scottish surname. [fôrsīth]	self-checked
Frank Schulenburg	Deutsch	[fʀaŋk]	[ˈʃuːlənˌbuɐ̯k], from the Middle Low German expression "te der sculenden borch", i.e. "at the hidden castle". German "Burg" = castle, not to be mistaken with "Berg" = mountain	self-checked
Philippe Beaudette	French Canadian	Philippe is a common french name: Phil-eep	Beaudette as in boe-det	self-checked
Deniz Gültekin	Turkish	Deniz is a Turkish name meaning sea: [də 'nɪz]	Gültekin as in ['gjuːl tɛk ɪn]	self-checked
Aradhana Ravindra
Rod Dunican
Steven Ma
Global Development
Barry Newstead
Jay Walsh	American English	Jay as letter J [ʤei]	Wal as in Walmart, sh as in she. [wɔlʃ]	self-checked
Kul Takanao Wadhwa	Sanskrit/Japanese/Punjabi	Kul pronounced like the word "cool"/ ta-ka-na-o	wadh as wad in wad of cash and wa as wa in water. [wɑdwɑ]	self-checked
Moka Pantages
Finance and Administration
Véronique Kessler	Français	Ver as in verify, rhymes with leek [ve.ʁɔ.nik]	Ke as in kettle, s as in six, ler as in teller [ˈkɛslər]
Tara Harwood
Bill Gong
Jeff Jones
Svetlana Istrati
Melanie Brown
Legal
Mike Godwin	American English	Mike is a common English name. [maik]	Godwin as in Godwin Austen or god and win. [gɑdwin]
Human Resources
Cyn Skyberg	American English	Cyn is a contraction of Cynthia (although that is not my name). [sin]	Skyberg is of Norwejian origin. [skaɪbɜːɡ]	self-checked
Daniel Phelps	American English	Daniel is a common English name [dænjɛl]	Phelps is a common English surname [fɛlps]	self-checked
Public Policy Initiative
LiAnna Davis	American English	pronounced Lee-Ann-Uh [liːænnɑː]	"Davis" is a common English surname: DAY-vis. [deɪvɪs]	self-checked
Sage Ross	American English	"Sage" as in "Sagebrush"	"Ross" rhymes with "Cross"
Annie Lin	American English	"A" as in "Apple"; "Annie" rhymes with "canny"	"Lin" in American English rhymes with "fin"; means "forest" in Chinese = 林	self-checked
Amy Roth	American English	AY-mee	Roth is an English, German or Jewish origin surname.	self-checked
Mishelle Gonzales

Note: common English names means ones easily found in handy dictionaries.

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