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Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
This is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names. These common suffixes have the following regular pronunciations, which are historic, well established and etymologically consistent. However, they may be counterintuitive, as their pronunciation is inconsistent with the usual phonetics of English. -b(o)rough and -burgh – / b ər ə /
Nike (/ ˈ n aɪ k ɪ / ⓘ is a family name and feminine given name found in various cultures, deriving from Greek νίκη (nikē), "victory". [ 1 ] It is sometimes traceable to Nike , the Greek goddess of victory, which is also present in the more frequently-occurring names Nicholas and Nicole .
Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek Νικόλαος, Nikolaos. It originally derived from a combination of two Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In turn, the name means "victory of the people."
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Veronica is a Latin transliteration of the Macedonian name Βερενίκη (Berenike), which is the Macedonian form of the Athenian name Φερενίκη (Pherenike). The name literally means "Bearer of Victory." The story about it coming from Latin for "True Image" is a false folk etymology that arose during the Middle Ages in Western Europe.