How to say my name
| Peter Marquis-Kyle. |
|
| Peter |
is just peter. You know how to say that. |
| Marquis |
has two syllables: mark (like the apostle) + wiss (rhymes
with bliss). |
| - |
is a hyphen. It's silent. |
| Kyle |
rhymes with style. |
Where does the name come from? Scotland, in the nineteenth century. Before the 1820s the name was McVarquis, not Marquis. My Great Grandfather Daniel Marquis Kyle was born in Glasgow in 1860 and came to Brisbane in 1883.