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How would you pronounce...

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soundsystem · 10/01/2017 14:37

Ivo?

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PatriciaHolm · 12/01/2017 19:57

I'd say Eye-vo - we have one in our family.

ImYourWomanJonSnow · 12/01/2017 12:29

Allthebest yes we pronounce Ivan Eevan

NewPantsforaNewYear · 12/01/2017 12:24

I know a couple and one pronounces it one way and one the other. Sorry, no help at all!

HardcoreLadyType · 12/01/2017 12:20

Ee-vo.

Like Yves, but with an "oh" at the end.

Allthebestnamesareused · 12/01/2017 12:17

But imyourwoman I assume you pronounce Ivan as Ee Van too? We would say eye van in England hence why we would say eye voh for Ivo.

ImYourWomanJonSnow · 12/01/2017 12:06

I'm from Eastern Europe and Ivo has been used a lot in my family. It is pronounced Eevo and is short version of name Ivan.

(And I'm considering it for DS2)

KatherinaMinola · 10/01/2017 23:27

Eevo, like Karlovic.

buttercup54321 · 10/01/2017 23:17

eye vo

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soundsystem · 10/01/2017 19:11

Thanks, all. Much more variation than I had anticipated!

I would pronounce it Ee-vo, DH thinks a lot of people would say Eye-vo (and it appears that he is correct!). Both to rhyme with so. I hadn't even considered that there was an alternative pronunciation for that bit!

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MarmiteDoesYouGood · 10/01/2017 18:46

Ivo is much closer to Ivor/Ivan than Yvonne to me and they're definitely usually pronounced with an "eye" sound in English.

Just FYI, Ivo is not a variant of Ivan or Ivor. They are unrelated names. Ivo is a name in its own right but variants include Yves and Ives (as in St. Ives), and the feminine versions are Yvonne/Ivona, Iva and Yvette. Traditionally it was pronounced Ee-vo (vo rhyming with so).

SallyGinnamon · 10/01/2017 18:14

Eye vo to rhyme with so

Jooni · 10/01/2017 18:09

EYE-vo (vo rhyming with so)

Ivo is much closer to Ivor/Ivan than Yvonne to me and they're definitely usually pronounced with an "eye" sound in English.

VivienneWestwoodsKnickers · 10/01/2017 15:54

@Staranise123 Yes, I would (not that I've ever come across that spelling, only Yvonne), because it begins with I not E or Y.

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ThoraGruntwhistle · 10/01/2017 15:43

I've only ever heard it pronounced EYE-vo

Staranise123 · 10/01/2017 15:42

Would any of you say Eye-vonne to Ivonne?

I'd say Ee-vo and Ee-vonne.

Sophronia · 10/01/2017 15:36

Eye-vo, vo rhyming with so

mereswinesaliva · 10/01/2017 15:21

Just hope the surname is not Stick Wink

Freedom2017 · 10/01/2017 15:14

Ee - vo

JennyOnAPlate · 10/01/2017 15:13

Eye-vo

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 10/01/2017 15:12

Eye-vo

DailyFail1 · 10/01/2017 15:10

Ee-vo

blamethecat · 10/01/2017 15:10

EE-vo.

VivienneWestwoodsKnickers · 10/01/2017 15:09

Evo to me is a Mitsubishi car driven by speed freaks who look like they've left their bonnet open....!

WaitrosePigeon · 10/01/2017 15:09

Vo to rhyme with So