Message: "YLVA - help!" - Behind the Name

[Facts] YLVA - help!

by namesfan (guest)

8/12/2009, 2:01 AM

How do you pronounce Ylva?
Is it 'ILL-vah' or 'YILvah' or something?
It means she-wolf and is scandinavian i think.

THANKS!
xxx

- Dragon_Clarinet (guest)

8/12/2009, 4:35 PM

Something like ool-vah; it's the best way to estimate the sound in English. (The Swedish Y is kind of ronded, that's why)

- Lethe (reniannen17)

8/12/2009, 4:58 AM

you asked this in May and a Swedish board member posted a sound file for you?
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=3561168&board=gen

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