{"id":185681,"date":"2025-02-18T10:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=185681"},"modified":"2025-03-10T05:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:52:56","slug":"how-to-pronounce-ahrefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/how-to-pronounce-ahrefs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pronounce Ahrefs (The Official Way)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intro-txt\">Life is full of huge, difficult questions. Are we alone in the universe? Why do movie characters never say \u201cgoodbye\u201d before hanging up? And how do you pronounce Ahrefs?<\/div>\n<p>I can answer one of those questions for you. (Sorry, the universe thing is above my pay&nbsp;grade.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 14\" style><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\" \/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style \/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"Ahrefs is pronounced H-refs\" data-section=\"official-pronounciation\">\n<h2><a id=\"post-185681-_g13g87sqj5eg\"><\/a>Ahrefs is pronounced <em>H-refs<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>I work at Ahrefs, and we pronounce Ahrefs like \u201cH-refs\u201d. It\u2019s how we say it in company meetings, interviews, sales calls, YouTube videos, and everyday life. Yep\u2014the \u201cA\u201d is silent.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what that looks like using the International Phonetic Alphabet:<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"post-185681-_hqqjph6lvpg3\"><\/a>\/e\u026a\u02a7-r\u025bfs\/<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\/e\u026at\u0283\/<\/strong> \u2192 \u201cH\u201d as in the letter name<\/p>\n<p><strong>\/r\u025bfs\/<\/strong> \u2192 \u201crefs\u201d as in \u201creferences\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to <em>hear<\/em> how it sounds, here\u2019s Rob from our enterprise team, talking us through it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ti6sRiHQiYE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 14\" style><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\" \/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style \/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"Ahrefs around the world\" data-section=\"ahrefs-around-the-world\">\n<h2><a id=\"post-185681-_cxiapccbp9nq\"><\/a>Ahrefs by any other name sounds just as&nbsp;sweet<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>But here\u2019s the thing: Ahrefs is used all over the world, and that means Ahrefs is <em>pronounced <\/em>differently all over the world, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cH-refs\u201d might be the official pronunciation, but we\u2019ve heard hundreds of different takes on our company name, from the British \u201cay-aych-refs\u201d to the Indian \u201caah-refs\u201d to the Klingon \u201cach-ref\u201d (seriously). We think they\u2019re pretty awesome too.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this video to hear how Ahrefs is pronounced all around the&nbsp;world:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lF46LXk7d90\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So now you know the official way to say \u201cAhrefs\u201d (and you also have our blessing to say it a different way,&nbsp;too).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can answer one of those questions for you. (Sorry, the universe thing is above my pay&nbsp;grade.) I work at Ahrefs, and we pronounce Ahrefs like \u201cH-refs\u201d. It\u2019s how we say it in company meetings, interviews, sales calls, YouTube videos,<span class=\"ellipsis\">\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more \u203a<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"coauthors":[457],"class_list":["post-185681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ahrefs-insights","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Pronounce Ahrefs (The Official Way)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s easy: it&#039;s pronounced &quot;Ahrefs&quot; (but never &quot;Ahrefs&quot;).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/how-to-pronounce-ahrefs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Pronounce Ahrefs (The Official Way)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#039;s easy: it&#039;s pronounced &quot;Ahrefs&quot; 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