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in reply to a message by Eva's Mom
I think Eve is the French form of Eva. So then there wouldn't be a French pronounciation of Eva, because it isn't French... but I'm not 100% sure, you can correct me on that. I only know one woman named Eva, she's Hungarian and she says EH-vuh. I think it's EH-vuh in Europe and EE-va in English, but I'm not sure.
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Eva may not originally be French, but it is much more common in modern France than Eve is. According to La cote des prenoms en 2004, there were over 2,000 girls born in France in 2003 named Eva, but less than 600 named Eve. The correct spellings for these names in French are Éva and Ève. Hopefully a French speaker will be able to give the proper pronunciations in French.
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OK. I said I wasn't sure. Sorry if I confused anybody.
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I took French in high school and have also been to France. Going by the French spellings and the accents on the E's, the pronunciations would be as follows:
Éva - the accent aigu above the E indicates the E is prn "ay" so the French pron would likely be "ayv-AH"
Ève - the accent grave above this E indicates the E is prn "eh" so the French prn would likely be "EHV"
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Éva - the accent aigu above the E indicates the E is prn "ay" so the French pron would likely be "ayv-AH"
Ève - the accent grave above this E indicates the E is prn "eh" so the French prn would likely be "EHV"
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