How to pronounce author names starting with N

Author Pronunciations

24 last names beginning with "N"

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V.S. Naipaul

V S neye-PAWL

Fuminori Nakamura

nah-kah-MOOR-ah

Cho Nam-joo

cho NAM-joo. The vowel sound in "Nam" is similar to "am."

Ann Napolitano

na-poll-ih-TAH-no (first syllable like 'ap' in apple)

Rhiannon Navin

ree-ANN-uhn NAY-vin

Siphiwe Gloria. Ndlovu

sih-PEE-way nd-LOW-voo

Jo Nesbo

According to the author's website, Jo is pronounced like 'you', and Jo says the 'o' in Nesbo is similar to the vowel in Inspector Clouseau's pronunciation of the word 'bomb'

Patrick Ness

As it looks

Marion Nestle

Last name is pronounced like the verb to nestle, not like the Swiss food company

Guadalupe Nettel

gwad-deh-LOO-pay neh-TELL

Celeste Ng

ing

Fae Myenne. Ng

"Myenne" is a single syllable. "Ng" is pronounced "ing."

Patrice Nganang

GA-nang

Benedict Nguyen

winn

Kien Nguyen

Key-en Nwen (pronunciations vary, Nguyen can also be closer to When)

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Tang When - Pronunciations vary but the closet English is usually considered to be Nwen or When

Thich Nhat Hanh

Tik · N'yat · Harn

Audrey Niffenegger

NIFF-eh-nehg-er

Nyani Nkrumah

Yanni Krumah (see Instagram)

Lesley Nneka Arimah

NEHK-uh uh-REE-muh

Cees Nooteboom

kase note-bom. Opinion differs, some say Cees is pronounced sace, others say case (to rhyme with face); those who say the latter say that Cees is the diminutive of Cornelius and thus the C is hard. The double o's in Nooteboom are pronounced as the Oh in 'Oh my gosh.'

Hannah Nordhaus

nord-house

Denne Michele. Norris

First name is pronounced "den" - like the home of a lion.

Onyi Nwabineli

AHN-yee NWAH-bin-ell-ee

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