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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).
Maite (/ ˈ m aɪ t eɪ / MY-tay, Spanish:, Basque:; Brazilian Portuguese: Maitê or Maytê) also spelled Mayté, Maytee, Maytte or (in French) Maïté, is a female given name of Iberian origin popular throughout the Hispanic world and Brazil.
TSS Marites, one of the other names of TSS Empire Byng, a ship owned by various organizations in the 20th century; Laguna de Las Marites Natural Monument – a protected area with natural monument status located on the southeast coast of the coastal plain of Margarita Island, Venezuela
Some names are recent creations, such as the now-common female names Saoirse "freedom" and Aisling "vision, dream". Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen from Caitlín and Shaun from Seán. Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. Éamonn from Edmund.
It is also the standard form of the name in Czech, and is also used, either as a variant of Mary or Maria or a borrowing from French, in Danish, English, German, Norwegian, and Swedish. Marie , Marié or Mariê ( 真理絵、万里絵、麻里絵、まりえ、マリエ ) is also a feminine Japanese given name .
The BBC Pronunciation Unit, also known as the BBC Pronunciation Research Unit, is an arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) comprising linguists (phoneticians) whose role is "to research and advise on the pronunciation of any words, names or phrases in any language required by anyone in the BBC". [1]
It is used as a unisex name in Germany and Sweden as well as a feminine name in Estonia, the Netherlands and the English speaking countries. It is also used as a short form or variation of Maria, especially common in Estonia, the Netherlands and Germany. Also, Maris is a short form of the biblical name Damaris.
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; French: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (therízō) "to harvest or reap", or from θέρος (theros) "summer". Another origin of the name is from Latin word "Terra" which means earth.