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Eva/ Ava??

by LalalalaLexiii (Lexi_Love14)

7/24/2009, 4:13 PM

Is Eva pronounced EXACTLY like Ava? I've always pronounced Ava as "Ave-ah" and Eva as "Eve-ah", but recently a my neighbor's granddaughter was visiting and her name was spelled "Eva" and she pronounced it "Eve-ah", but her grandmother always called her "Ave-ah". How do YOU pronounce this name, personally?

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- hhhhhmmmmm (enchy)

7/26/2009, 2:15 PM

Eva: EV-ah E is pronounced like in the word "best"
Ava: AH-vah

And if I want to say EE-vah, I would spell it Iva

- HaleyErin3

7/25/2009, 11:23 AM

i pronounce eva "eve-ah" and ava "ave-ah"

i love the name ava. not so much eva.

- LoQuiero

7/25/2009, 9:52 AM

I say EE-va (Eva) and AY-va (Ava). But...

...I think there are people who pronounce Eva "AY-va" too, following the pronounciations of Eva in e.g. Spanish, German etc. that sound almost (!) like AY-va.

- Rhona J

7/25/2009, 7:46 AM

In Scotland I have only ever heard Eva pronounced EE-VA and Ava pronounced AY-VA. I personally prefer Eva although both are very lovely.

- MaggieSimpson

7/25/2009, 6:37 AM

Eva pronounce as "Eh-vah"

Ava pronounce as "Ah-vah" or "Ave-ah"

- Lily8

7/25/2009, 3:34 AM

In English speaking countries I'd say AY-va (Ava) and EE-va (Eva). In many European countries however Eva is pronounced similarly to Ava. I'm from Germany and we say AY-fa (Eva) and AH-va (Ava). Is it possible that her grandmother is from a non English speaking country?

- Jessica (Gryffindor)

7/24/2009, 9:52 PM

I used to pronounce Eva like ay-vuh until I saw Wall-e and the little white robot was named Eva prn. ee-vuh. Ever since then I've just loved that pronunciation.

- Dracotorix

7/24/2009, 9:12 PM

I pronounce it both ways. Usually it's Eve-a in English, but I prefer the Ave-a way even though I live in an English speaking country. I would use it on a real kid prn. Ave-a but probably not prn. Eve-a.

- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

7/24/2009, 5:05 PM

Eva can be pronounced "EE-vah" or "EH-vah" or "AY-vah", depending on the country/language. Ava is derived from Eva.

- LuzDeTuVida

7/24/2009, 5:00 PM

Eva can be pronounced either way. In certain languages, they alway say AY-vuh.

- Guinevere (vomiting)

7/24/2009, 4:33 PM

They're pronounced differently, yes. I'd say the Grandmother may have had an accent of some sort that made it come across sounding Ave-uh, perhaps?

- brighton18 +1

7/24/2009, 4:22 PM

I pronounce Eva (ee-vuh) and Ava (ay-vuh).

I do know a few people who pronounce Eva (ev-uh) and Ava (Ah-vuh).

- Pie

7/24/2009, 4:29 PM

The three Evas I have known have been Ay-vuh, but I think they were all Eastern European (at least one of them was Hungarian). I'd pronounce Ava the same way, like Ava Gardner.

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