# How do you pronounce this name (Anzelmas)?

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**Created:** [June 21, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-this-name-anzelmas/661529 "2013-06-21T02:16:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-this-name-anzelmas/661529/1 "2013-06-21T02:16:14Z")

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Forgive my ignorance,

I’m meeting with a potential customer tomorrow, I spoke with him briefly on the phone today but he didn’t happen to use his own name (I called him.)

\*\*Anzelmas  
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Is that Polish? I’m mostly wondering about which is the stressed syllable. an-ZELL-mas? AN-zell-mas? Or am I completely off?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-this-name-anzelmas/661529/2 "2013-06-21T03:17:56Z")

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Eastern European, possibly Lithuanian; Poland’s not a bad guess. Ahn-TSEHL-mahs is the pronunciation listed in my books of names for babies.

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**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-this-name-anzelmas/661529/3 "2013-06-22T01:44:29Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Eastern European, possibly Lithuanian; Poland’s not a bad guess. Ahn-TSEHL-mahs is the pronunciation listed in my books of names for babies.

Thanks, met with the guy today (he was a great guy) and he pronounced it pretty much like you wrote. And yes, he’s native Lithuanian.

Meeting went well, our product performed, and now we’ve got an order. Hurrah!