I knew two Guy’s growing up and one pronounced it the French way the other in English. In the end it doesn’t matter what langauge you speak or where the name is from, I think we should do our best to pronounce it as the person who bears the name prefers. Sometimes it is very difficult, because some sounds don’t exist in other languages, but a valiant try is a nice thing to do.
I do happen to know several people who don’t care how their name is pronounced and even use two pronounciations themselves. Like I know a family with the last name Jimenez; they say jim-en-ez and he-men-ez interchangeably, they don’t care.
@glacial That just makes no sense. If she had said stef-fan, or stef-fen that would make sense, but adding anie to the end that does not exist?