Javier - pronunciation issues.

[fooolofbeans]

I love the name Javier especially the nickname of javi, but a little concerned about other people's pronunciation issues, should I go ahead anyway and just keep referring loudly to Javier bardem to anyone who has issues 😀

[dementedma]

People will say Ja vee er and not Hab ee ay
Depends how much it bothers you.

[Pluto30]

I always thought it was hah-vee-air.

[weebarra]

Would you be thinking of the Spanish or French pronunciation?

[fooolofbeans]

Me too Pluto is vee air

Perhaps it depends On dialect/region of Spanish speaking countries/areas

[Raines100]

Would say hav-ee-ay. Is that wrong?

I'd probably pronounce Javi as jav-ee, though. I wouldn't connect it with Javier at first glance.

[Smitff]

I'd go ahead anyway, once told people should be able to remember it.

Saying that, I would only use the name if the boy has some Spanish in him. It'd be a bit weird for a couple of Scousers (for e.g.) to pronounce their son's name have-ee-air!

[fooolofbeans]

I think the correct pronunciation is have ee air, but hav ee ay is fine.
Wow that was difficult with auto correct!!
And yes we'd say hav ee as a NN.
No Spanish here but I think it's a beautiful name and my son will undoubtedly be beautiful so reckon he can style it out 😀😀

[GinIsIn]

Hav-ee-air to me. But I do speak Spanish. It's a great name!

[fooolofbeans]

Yeah i get what your saying smitff, legally he'd be Javier, but day to day at home and school etc it will be having, which I adore ❤️

[fooolofbeans]

Yay! Thanks fenella!

[Pallisers]

Would say hav-ee-ay. Is that wrong?

I'd probably pronounce Javi as jav-ee, though. I wouldn't connect it with Javier at first glance.

me too. I would pronounce Javier the way you expect OP but if I saw the name Javi I might say Javee rather than Ha vee. Still I'd get it right the second time.

[fooolofbeans]

Grr 22.46 post: having - having/ hav ee

[fooolofbeans]

And again ffs autocorrect I am not calling my child having it is javi

[pieceofpurplesky]

My Spanish friends son is hav-EE-ey nn hav-ee
They are a Spanish family, live in Spain.

I teach a hav-EE-at too
No hav-EE-air's here at all

[fooolofbeans]

Pallisers and rain, yeah i get where your coming from, will give it some thought and maybe introductions such as 'this is Javier, he goes by javi' feel like I'm totally overthinking this now!!!🤔

[fooolofbeans]

How do your students who go by hav EE spell their names *purple'?

[danTDM]

If he ever comes to Spain it is probably the most common name ever. Every second boy is a Javi.

[fooolofbeans]

Isn't javalito just a way of saying little Javier, rather than a nickname for throughout life?

I think I'm settled on Javier/javi I can't find anything g else I like nearly as much, although I could have a girl, she could be the Hebrew name having 😀

[fooolofbeans]

HAVI Jesus Christ auto correct

[pieceofpurplesky]

Javier / Javi

[Smitff]

I think the autocorrect issue would kill it for me personally 😄😂

[babymouse]

Only Spanish speakers will pronounce it correctly, but if that doesn't bother you go ahead.

[fooolofbeans]

😂😂😂😂😂 smitff

[stillwantrachelshair]

Only Spanish people would ever pronounce it completely correctly. I speak Spanish quite well but just cannot do to "J" sound properly.
On seeing Javier, I would immediately know to say it the Spanish way; despite (now I think about it) two Spanish friends calling their DS's "Javi", I think that, on seeing that written down in England, I'd think it was an Indian name and pronounce it Ja-vee.