For example Hindi pronounces a letter called ya as English y.

Names with j pronounced as y. Sort by alphabet Girl names begins with J ends with Y More options Select. Many Hebrew y names and places became j words in English. Castillian Spanish pronounces j like a guttural h ch in loch.

Boys Girls 149 Options. Some of many examples are Jacob Yaakov Joseph Yosef Judah Yehuda Jeremiah Yirmiyahu Jews Yehudim Jericho Yireecho and Jerusalem Yerushalayim. Explore Baby Boy Names That Start With J.

The g in angle is pronounced as g in the name Angola while the g in the word angel is pronounced as the j in the name John. Say ee while pursing your lips almost completely shut. 67 girl names that start with J and end with Y.

In front of i and y these sounds are naturally soft so the j would be superfluos. Learn which letters make j or y. Yod represents the Y sound in Hebrew.

The Germanic languages except English pronounce the J like the English letter Y. Skjold sholl Kjartan HYARtan. Polish Czech and Slovak form of Jacob or James.

The first letter in the name Yeshua Jesus is the yod. Spelled as y when it is the first letter in a syllable. Thank you for your good observation.