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Help[Opinions] Re: Names starting with Yv
in reply to a message by namesiadore
My cousin Yvonne had a few family members who called her EEvon. She really wished they wouldn't. I said it more like i-VON, and would do the same for Yvette. EE vuh LEEZ sounds harmless. As for alluding to evil, that seems nonsensical to me.
The point about Genevieve and Madeleine is that they have been taken over as English-sounding names, and Yvelise hasn't. Zhahn-vee-ev would immediately indicate a French-speaking person, for instance (sorry about my lousy phonetics!), and any English-speaking person who tried to get people to use it would have a mountain to climb and would probably give up.
The point about Genevieve and Madeleine is that they have been taken over as English-sounding names, and Yvelise hasn't. Zhahn-vee-ev would immediately indicate a French-speaking person, for instance (sorry about my lousy phonetics!), and any English-speaking person who tried to get people to use it would have a mountain to climb and would probably give up.
