Angelina Jolie is a high-profile American actress and humanitarian, known for her versatile film roles and public advocacy. The name combines a Polish/Italian-influenced given name with a French-origin surname, but in everyday usage English speakers stress and articulate it as two clear given-name syllables followed by the surname, yielding a four-syllable pronunciation that is widely recognized in media and interviews.
"I’m watching Angelina Jolie’s new movie this weekend."
"During the charity gala, Angelina Jolie spoke about refugee rights."
"The autograph crowd cheered as Angelina Jolie arrived on the red carpet."
"She cited Angelina Jolie as an inspiration for her own acting and philanthropy."
Angelina is a feminine form derived from Angelo/Angelus roots in Latin, tracing to the Greek aggelos meaning 'messenger', popularized in Italian and Spanish name traditions, with the diminutive suffix -ina adding a sense of femininity. Jolie is a French surname meaning 'pretty' or 'beautiful', from jolie meaning ‘pretty’ in French. The combination Angelina Jolie as a full name—while contemporary—reflects cross-cultural naming practices common in Hollywood: a given name with Romance-language roots plus a French descriptive surname. The earliest public reference to a person named Angelina Jolie centers on Angelina Jolie herself in the late 1990s as her stardom rose; the surname was inherited through marriage and family lineage influences most notably in the Jolie family. In media, the name has become a fixed, globally recognized proper noun associated with film, humanitarian work, and iconography of a modern celebrity. The name’s usage has amplified through international cinema, press coverage, and charitable campaigns, cementing Angelina Jolie as both a person and a cultural symbol.
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Common pronunciation is /ˌæn.dʒəˈliː.nə ˈdʒoʊ.li/ in US; UK often /ˌændʒəˈliː.nə ˈdʒɔː.li/. The stress falls on the third syllable of Angelina (leh-NEE-uh) in careful speech? Actually, correct is an-GE-li-na with stress on the third syllable: an-jə-LEE-nə. Jolie is JO-lee with J as /dʒ/ and final vowel as /i/. In practice: an-juh-LEE-nuh JO-lee. See audio references for natural pacing.
Mistimes include stressing the wrong syllable in Angelina (often AN-jə-LEE-nə or an-GE-lina) and mispronouncing Jolie as JOY-lee or JOL-ee. Corrections: stress Angelina on the -li- syllable (an-juh-LEE-nə) and pronounce Jolie as JO-lee with /dʒ/ initial and long /oʊ/ followed by /liː/; keep /l/ clear and avoid vowel neutralization.
In US English, Angelina often reduces to an-juh-LEE-nə, Jolie remains JO-lee with a clear /dʒ/; non-rhotic UK variants may link Jolie more tightly and slightly alter vowel quality, but generally still JO-lee. AU tends to align with US pronunciation, with slight vowel length differences: /ˈændʒəˈliːnə/ vs /ˌændʒəˈliː.nə/ and Jolie as /ˈdʒɔːli/ with broader /ɔː/ in some networks.
Two aspects: Angelina’s multi-syllabic first name with stress alternations (an-JEL-i-na vs an-ge-LEE-na) and Jolie’s French-origin spelling with final -ie. The initial consonant cluster /ndʒ/ in Angelina and the /dʒ/ onset in Jolie can cause non-native speakers to mispronounce as /ændʒənə/ or misplace stress; focusing on the right syllable stress and the French-derived Jolie helps. IPA anchors: /ˌæn.dʒəˈliː.nə/ /ˈdʒoʊ.li/.
Does the pronunciation of Angelina Jolie change if you hyphenate or pause differently between the given name and surname (e.g., Angelina-Jolie vs Angelina Jolie)? In natural English, the standard is two words: Angelina Jolie, with accent on the Jolie following the last syllable of Angelina; the hyphenation does not change the phonetic realisation of the individual phonemes.
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