achille

[jolynn]

hello all, can you please tell me how this christian name would be pronounced in england, thank all, regards, john

[Poipuo4]

Ah-keel-lay is how you would say it in Italian. In America, you would say Ah-kill-ee. If you have heard of achille's heel or the achille tendon, it would be said the same way.

[jolynn]

hello poipuo4, thankyou for that, a spelling of a christian name i have seems wrong, it is argyle or argyll and i am trying to find the name that is similar in italian, thankyou, regards john

[Poipuo4]

Some of the native Italians will be able to help you more on this one, but I can tell you that "y" does not exist in the Italian alphabet, so the "y" is probably some other vowel, perhaps an "e" or an "i".

[jolynn]

thanks for that, on a marriage cert. i have found the name looks like aguila, so we have argile and aguila, any further ideas, thanks john

[Poipuo4]

Take a look here for some ideas:

http://italian.about.com/library/name/blnameindexa.htm

[jolynn]

hello poipuo4, thanks for that, i will take a look, kind regards john