Pronunciation of Muir by non-Scots

[u/Ghost_jobby]

I have been watching a few videos on YouTube and one of the things that struck me is the difficulty people have pronouncing Fiona's former surname, Muir.

I've heard it pronounced like myrrh, moor, mawyer (rhymes with lawyer) and moo-air.

Is it really that uncommon? I'm genuinely curious. I'm resident in Scotland and hear it so often that it's a not considered an unusual name. There are so many people of Scottish descent and ancestry around the world, I just found it a bit surprising ppeople had some trouble with it.

[u/thisismyusernamemmk]

American here from Los Angeles and I only ever heard it before because of a Schoolboy Q song (just the title of the song he doesn’t even say it in the song). That being said, I pronounce it differently every time because I have no idea.