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Not trying to be culturally insensitive but the few people I have known that have this name are Hispanic and pronounce it like Ava. I was wondering why that is, is it how Eva is pronounced without the special characters/accents in Spanish? What cultures would pronounce it EE VA or Ehva or idk how else you would say it.
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I personally really like this name pronounced as “ee-vuh”. I had a friend named Eva who heard people call her “ay-vuh” or “e-vuh” her whole life and it made her very frustrated. In my opinion, if you want it to sound like the name Ava, name your child Ava.
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Variant English Pronunciations: EH-və, AY-və, AH-və.
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To me, EH-va is the easier pronunciation to use when I say this name.
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Eh-vuh!
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Maybe a pet peeve of mine, but...
HOW DO PEOPLE SEE THIS AND THINK "that's pronounced like Ava"
LIKE I DON'T SEE AN 'A' IN THE BEGINNING- IT ANNOYS THE HECK OUT OF ME WHEN PEOPLE PRONOUNCE IT AVA
You can say ee-va or eh-va but please not right off the bat "Ava".
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HOW DO PEOPLE SEE THIS AND THINK "that's pronounced like Ava"
LIKE I DON'T SEE AN 'A' IN THE BEGINNING- IT ANNOYS THE HECK OUT OF ME WHEN PEOPLE PRONOUNCE IT AVA
You can say ee-va or eh-va but please not right off the bat "Ava".
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Variant English Pronunciation: EH-va.
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The IPA transcription of the Georgian pronunciation of Eva is: /ɛvɑ/
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90 (in English) [noted -ed]
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90 (in English) [noted -ed]
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My sister's name is Eva, but it's pronounced ay va.
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Eva, There are many pronunciations for this name used in different areas.
Ee-vah
Ay-vah
Eh-vah
Ah-vah.
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Ee-vah
Ay-vah
Eh-vah
Ah-vah.
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In Dutch you'd pronounce this name "AY-vah".
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Ee-va.
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Love it if pronounced ee-vah. Short, yet 2 syllables. Perfect for a long last name. Easy for a toddler to learn to spell.
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Pronounced EH-vah in Norwegian too.
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The proper German pronunciation of this name is EE-fuh. I know this because I am fluent in German.
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I pronounce it ee-va. If you want ay-va, that's Ava.
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Pronounced more like EH-vah in Spanish. Could be a nickname for Evelina.
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Actually, in Spanish the pronunciation is EH-bah. Spanish doesn't make a distinction between the sound of b and v, both graphemes correspond with the /b/ phoneme.
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Pronounced as "Ah-va".
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I was born in the mid-50s, and my parents named me after a relative who pronounced this name "Eh-vah." I've had a lifetime correcting people. Glad to hear my family's pronunciation is catching on.
Ironically, the relative was from my father's side of the family (English/German) but that pronunciation is closer to Italian, and my mother's family is mostly Italian.
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Ironically, the relative was from my father's side of the family (English/German) but that pronunciation is closer to Italian, and my mother's family is mostly Italian.
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In German, Eva is pronounced as EH-fa. [noted -ed]
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