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I found Ylva on this website, and loved its Old Norse meaning of “she-wolf”. My only qualm is the pronunciation. I’ve been saying ILL-vah, but my friends say YIV-lah. Also, I found several websites that say the Old Norse pronunciation of Y is like the German Ü with the umlaut over it. Ylva is cognate with Ulva, which I’m pretty sure has to be OOHL-vah. Which is correct?

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Thanks so much for your help!
Karen