Pronunciation of 'Eva'

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Wigeon · 11/01/2015 08:52

Would you pronounce it Eeeeva or Ava, or maybe expect people to ask? DD1 (6yrs) is Eva, our background is English. So we pronounce it Eeeeva. But over Christmas a couple of sets of people have got in a fluster about whether it's Eeeva or Ava (DH's aunt and uncle, in their 70s, and a new extra curricular teacher).

When we named her we thought it would be obvious she was Eeeva - I know people from Eastern Europe sometimes pronounce it Ava, but as that isn't our background then you'd just say Eeeva.

What do you think?

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Mrsteddyruxpin · 11/01/2015 09:07

Eeeva

Definitely

shoopshoopsong · 11/01/2015 09:05

Definitely eeeva. I would have thought it would be pronounced Ava if it was spelt Ava

BikeRunSki · 11/01/2015 09:02

I would say Eeeeva too.

marshmallowpies · 11/01/2015 09:01

I knew an Ewa who was Polish & her name was not pronounced Eeva or Ava but more like Ever.

afreshstartplease · 11/01/2015 09:00

Eeva

Maybe they're just confusing it because of avas popularity

museumum · 11/01/2015 08:59

I grew up with an Ewa pronounced Eva so id assume that unless I heard you say Ee-va first.

meandjulio · 11/01/2015 08:55

I would always say Eeva. I wouldn't worry too much about it, I assumed that ds's name was literally impossible to pronounce more than one way, but it turns out there are two ways, and I only like one of them - I just have to grit my teeth.

Does your dd seem bothered? As she gets older I would think she would point out the correct pronunciation, hopefully politely

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