How do you pronounce the last name "Tietje"?

Question

It is my grandma's maiden name and no one in my family knows how to pronounce it.

Answer 1

In Dutch it would be pronounced Tidy. The -je is the equiv of the English -ie. The second t is a blunted sound like a d.

Answer 2

I recommend you to google this name. You will be astonished: it´s so common that there is even an article on Wikipedia about it. http://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tietje
The article is written in Low Saxon, because "Tietje" is deriving from that language. And indeed, this language is not only spoken in my homeland Lower Saxony, but in vast parts of the Netherlands, too. Tietje can be a male first name as well as a family name. We pronounce it "Teet-geah" (with the "g" spoken as in "gender" or "gin"), the stress is on the first syllable. Very often this surname is also appearing as Tiedje, Tietjen or Detjen.

Answer 3

I believe that name to be Dutch. It is pronounced Ti je

Answer 4

http://genealogy.about.com/library/authors/ucklaassen1g.htm

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