What’s better is that “My” has nothing to do with possession, and it’s pronounced “Me”: it’s Widenius’ daughters name[0].
(in fact, the girls name actually sounds like the greek letter "mu" as it's spelled and pronounced in Swedish)
It's not right of course.
English equivalents not necessary; I don't mind picking the appropriate tidbit out of a fragment of speech in a video for example.
I could just as easily stare at an IPA pronunciation for a bit too.
The name “My” is not unheard of in danish and we also have a word “my”, for very small measures, with the same pronunciation. It should be close enough the the Swedish pronunciation for your purpose.
Here is an entry in a danish dictionary. Click the yellow speaker for pronunciation:
Hrm, now to start saying "MeSQL" and seeing what happens...
If memory serves, he also has a son (whose name I can't remember) after which he named some other piece of software (which I also can't remember).
All of this is almost certainly mentioned in that link you shared although, at the moment, I just can't be bothered to click it.