>>>My surname seems to be spelled many ways. According to US immigration records it was originally spelled 'Kuijper', but changed to 'Kuyper' on arrival in the US. Most Americans have problems pronouncing Kuyper (the 'uy' together seems to cause confusion even though they have no problems with 'guy'). I can't imagine how they would try to pronounce Kuijper!
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>>Yep, also up here. Kuyper, Kuiper, Kuijper. But do you know how your name is to be pronounced in dutch? It certainly is different from 'guy'. I can't think of any english word that comes close.
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>Shouldn't "ui" be pronounced like "oy"? It's been decades since I've been in the Netherlands, but I seem to remember that much (and I hope not wrongly :).

Like oister ? Well, not exactly but it is the closest I can come up with. The 'ui' is something I never heard in another language (not even german who indeed would pronounce it like 'oi'. Meybe it is closer to 'eu' from euthnesia. But again it is about imposible to describe in words how it should be pronouced.