How do you pronounce the name Silas?

Question

My sister and I are have an arument about it.

thanks

Answer 1

(I am using capitals to show which sound/syllable I'm referring to):

s: as  in "Sit, City, paSSing, faCe"

ahy:  the  " I " or "Y" as in  "I, Ice, hIde, denY"

  l :  as in  "Let, foLLow, stiLL"  

uh :  the " u" or "o" as in  "Up, mOther, mUd"

s  

  So, it is pronounced "sahy-luhs" with the accent on the first syllable, or "SAHY-luhs"

www.behindthename.com uses this key:

  S  as in "side"

IE   as in "bite, kind"

L    as in "lamp"

  U   as "but, sun"

S

So, it'd be "SIE-lus"

Answer 2

Guess it depends on where you come from

but here we pronounce Silas as:

                              Sigh-lass

Answer 3

Depends upon how the "i" and the "a" are pronounced.  Here are two choices:

"sigh-less"

or

"sea-lass"

Hope this helps..good luck!

Answer 4

Try entering the word into YAKiToMe! http://www.yakitome.com. It's a free text to speech website that reads in various languages with regional accents. Very handy for figuring out pronunciations.

Answer 5

sihl-@SS. My cousin has the same name, spelled exactly like that.

Answer 6

sigh-less, my cousin has the same name, spelled exactly like that.