4 syllables: Ja, son Su, dei, kis. Stress on Ja.
JAY-suhn-soo-day-kis
/ˈdʒeɪ.sən suːˌdeɪ.kɪs/
Jason Sudeikis is pronounced JAY-suhn-soo-day-kis (/ˈdʒeɪ.sən suːˌdeɪ.kɪs/). It has four syllables (Ja-son Su-dei-kis), with the stress on "Ja". Jason Sudeikis is an American actor and comedian best known for Saturday Night Live and Ted Lasso. The name comprises a first and last name with distinct American English stress and vowel qualities. Pronunciation emphasizes a clear /dʒ/ onset in Jason and a soft, clipped /uː/ in Sudeikis, with attention to the second syllable’s unstressed schwa.
proper nounJason Sudeikis is an American actor and comedian best known for Saturday Night Live and Ted Lasso. The name comprises a first and last name with distinct American English stress and vowel qualities. Pronunciation emphasizes a clear /dʒ/ onset in Jason and a soft, clipped /uː/ in Sudeikis, with attention to the second syllable’s unstressed schwa.
How to Pronounce Jason Sudeikis
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Pronounce Jason with primary stress on the first syllable: /ˈdʒeɪ.sən/. Sudeikis is stressed on the second syllable: suːˈdeɪ.kɪs. The overall rhythm is two-syllable name for Jason plus three for Sudeikis, totaling five syllables: /ˈdʒeɪ.sən suːˈdeɪ.kɪs/. Note the /dʒ/ sound at the start of Jason and the long /uː/ in Sudeikis. Mouth positions: start with a tight jaw, tip of tongue high for /d͡ʒ/, then relax for the schwa in the second syllable; for Sudeikis, keep lips rounded for /uː/ and glide into /ˈdeɪ/ with a clear long A.
Common errors: 1) Underemphasizing Jason’s first syllable, causing /ˈd͡ʒeɪsən/ to become /ˈd͡ʒeɪsən/ with weak initial stress. Correction: exaggerate initial stress slightly for clarity. 2) Misplacing stress on Sudeikis, or mispronouncing /suːˈdeɪ.kɪS/ as /suˈdeɪkɪs/; ensure the stress is on the second syllable and the final /s/ is crisp. 3) Slurring the middle /ən/ to /ən/ without easing into the /ˈdeɪ/ syllable; keep a brief pause between deɪ and kwis. Practice with IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.sən suːˈdeɪ.kɪs/.
US tends to keep /ˈdʒeɪ.sən/ and /suːˈdeɪ.kɪs/ with rhotic r awareness; UK pronunciation also uses /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.sən/ but vowel qualities are slightly tighter and non-rhoticity applies to other words, not in this name; AU mirrors US; differences are subtle: American /uː/ stays longer and rounded; UK may show a bit more centralized /ə/ in the second syllable of Sudeikis; ensure the stress on the second syllable remains strong in all varieties.
The difficulty lies in the combination of a voiced postalveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/ at the start of Jason and the stress pattern across a two-name sequence with a long /uː/ in the surname, followed by two closed syllables in -deikis. The contrast between the long vowel /uː/ and the reduced second syllable makes it tricky; also, the surname’s three syllables with mixed vowel lengths requires careful timing and crisp consonants.
There are no silent letters in Jason Sudeikis when pronounced correctly. Each letter contributes to the typical English phoneme set: J is /d͡ʒ/, a is /eɪ/ in Jason, s is /s/, o is /ə/ or /ɒ/ depending on dialect, n is /n/. In Sudeikis, S is /s/, u is /uː/, d is /d/, e is /eɪ/, i is /ɪ/, k is /k/, s is /s/. The key is not silent letters but accurate phoneme realization and syllable stress.
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Jason is a given name derived from Jason in Greek mythology, from Iason, related to the root jas- meaning healer or to heal. In modern English, Jason gained popularity in the 20th century, with contemporary usage reflecting Western naming patterns. Sudeikis is a surname of Polish or possibly Germanic origin, often linked to family lines in the Midwest; its earliest forms likely involved occupational or locational roots in Germanic or Slavic naming traditions. The surname evolved through immigration, assimilation, and anglicization, reflecting phonetic shifts in American English, including the softened second syllable and the final “-is” sound, common in Polish-derived surnames. First known uses appear in American records mid-20th century, with Jason-Sudeikis as a full-name marker rising in media visibility in the late 1990s and 2000s as the actor gained fame. The combination as a full name is now firmly associated with the performer and has become a recognizable proper noun in entertainment culture.
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