pronunciation of names

Yara__99

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Hello!
Although the Swedish first names look like other European ones, their last names sometimes look complicated
I would like to have some help with the pronunciation of those names please:
Virgilsson (is the g pronounced?)
Kuznicki (will the z letter be pronounced as a s)
Nygård (is the d pronounced? neegord or neegor?)
Isabel (I know it's a first name and an easy one, but is it ISabel or IZabel)

I really appreciate any help you can provide.
 
  • Virgilsson - uncommon surname, but the letter /g/ is pronounced soft as a /j/ in front of /i/, but a person with the surname might pronounce it with a hard /g/.
    Kuznicki - not a Swedish surname, most likely a Polish surname.
    Nygård - in Sweden Swedish the /r/ is weak before the /d/ which is pronounced, in Finland Swedish the /d/ is not heard, listen here:
    Mathias Nygård pronunciation: How to pronounce Mathias Nygård in Swedish, Finnish
    Isabel - always an unvoiced /s/ in Swedish, Swedish doesn't have the voiced /z/ phoneme.
     
    Thank you so much for your help
    Virgilsson - uncommon surname, but the letter /g/ is pronounced soft as a /j/ in front of /i/, but a person with the surname might pronounce it with a hard /g/.
    Kuznicki - not a Swedish surname, most likely a Polish surname.
    Nygård - in Sweden Swedish the /r/ is weak before the /d/ which is pronounced, in Finland Swedish the /d/ is not heard, listen here:
    Mathias Nygård pronunciation: How to pronounce Mathias Nygård in Swedish, Finnish
    Isabel - always an unvoiced /s/ in Swedish, Swedish doesn't have the voiced /z/ phoneme.
     
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