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Change My Name Pronunciation

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This job aid describes the business process for an Employee to display the pronunciation of their name in Workday.

Important Information

  • For some members, the business process will route to the Manager for approval.
  • The pronunciation text you enter will appear on your Worker Profile underneath your name.

Getting Started

  1. Navigate to your Worker Profile and select Actions > Personal Data > Change My Name Pronunciation.The worker profile of an example employee. The actions button is selected, displaying the Personal Data submenu and the link to Change My Name Pronunciation.
  2. Enter the pronunciation of your first and/or last name in the text box. The phonetic pronunciation box for entering your name pronunciation.Below are some guidelines:
    • Try to sound out your name using as few letters as possible.
    • Within each name, separate syllables with a hyphen (e.g., FILL-ip BAKE-er for Phillip Baker).
    • Consider using capital letters for stressed syllables (e.g., kris-TEE-nuh LOW-pez for Christina Lopez).
    • You can use real English words to spell-out syllables (e.g., GIN-ih-fur for Jennifer).
    • See the Additional Resources tab for more examples.
  3. Select Submit.

Up Next

The business process may route to your Manager for approval.

The pronunciation you entered will appear on your Worker Profile underneath your name.The Worker Profile with the name pronunciation appearing under the name

This completes the Change My Name Pronunciation business process.

Additional Resources

Below are some example names and their phonetic pronunciations.

  • Jonathan Thompson: JON-uh-thun TOMP-son
  • Catherine Jimenez: CATH-er-in hee-MEN-ez
  • Nancy Williams: NAN-see WILL-ee-ums
  • Roberto Gutierrez: row-BER-toe goo-tee-ER-ez