elsaorwerk@mindspring.com wrote: Can someone tell me please, how one would properly pronounce the given name "Uwe"? Uwe is properly pronounced "Ooh", like shoe. "Vay" Put together you say "Oohvay". Remember that in most european countries "e" sounds like the american "a" or "ay' as in "pay" and "w" in german is pronounces as our "v". The sound of "U" is not like our "U" in the word "use" but more like what you say when one is excited "Ooh". I hope this is not too confusing. Carl in Texas