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Vida name pronunciation

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Scottyme · 07/11/2023 06:40

Vye-da or Vee-da?

Every old lady I know with the name Vida pronounces it vye-da but there is a little Vida in school where her parents pronounce it vee-da.

I also know a Veeda so to me they are 2 different names.

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Blink1880 · 11/11/2023 12:50

I used to work with a Vida pronounced vee da. Though often people who didn’t know her would ask for vie da

theduchessofspork · 11/11/2023 12:48

EmmaGrundyForPM · 07/11/2023 06:44

I've never heard of it, so I instinctively think "Vee-da".

I’d assume this and think most people would

muddyford · 11/11/2023 12:47

Veeda.

Hibernatalie · 11/11/2023 12:37

Vee-da

Viva la Vida!

Great name

FacingTheWall · 11/11/2023 12:29

My grandmother pronounced it V-eye-da, but she used to get called Vee-da too if people hadn’t met her before.

Soozikinzii · 11/11/2023 12:23

Did you use the name Vida ? As in V- eye- da ? and Violet ? Like my gma ? I know the word Vida is pronounced differently. But Vi is nice and people get used to how you choose to say it ! I think it's a lovely name anyway, but I'm biased !

miniaturepixieonacid · 09/11/2023 23:55

I've never heard the name but I would probably say Vee-da. Unless it's the same name as Veda in My Girl in which case I'd say Vay-da.

Somewhatchallenging · 09/11/2023 19:15

Veeda, as in the Spanish.

PickledScrump · 09/11/2023 18:22

Veeda as in livin la Vida loca

Azandme · 09/11/2023 16:51

The one I know is Vee-da.

MaloneMeadow · 09/11/2023 16:50

The only one I know is pronounced vee-da, and she’s a horse! Seconding @PopcornAndGummyBears it’s an amazing bread to me, not a name for child

toastofthetown · 09/11/2023 15:34

I’d say Veeda. I wonder if it’s the same effect where Sophia was often said as So-fye-a in Britain, whereas the name is now almost exclusively So-fee-a. Maybe because of more globalisation and familiarity with European languages.

SkaneTos · 08/11/2023 23:42

I have never heard that name!

My instinct would be to pronounce it Vee-da.

DaftyInTheMiddle · 07/11/2023 07:27

Vee-da only heard the name once in an ex colleague, she must be a little only lady now. Vyda sounds off

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 07/11/2023 07:22

Never heard of it; but I would instinctively say "veeda". I would find it quite odd if I heard someone say "vyeda"

LiCenDon · 07/11/2023 07:22

Vee da

TheBirdintheCave · 07/11/2023 07:21

logicisall · 07/11/2023 07:02

To me it's vee -da. The Spanish for "life".

Samesies.

Alohapotato · 07/11/2023 07:20

Soozikinzii · 07/11/2023 07:08

My grandma's name was Vida ! We pronounced item VIda the I as in eye . Its a lovely unusual name . I noticed Michael Bible's daughter has it ! - obviously because of My gma .

His wife is from Argentina.

Ittastesvile · 07/11/2023 07:19

Scottyme · 07/11/2023 07:19

Yes @Soozikinzii every older lady with this name is VI-da to me, so I actually find the Vee pronunciation strange. I think Vi as the same as Violet.

It interesting to the meaning of Vida and hear that others would pronounce it Veeda. Thank you everyone

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For me it's because of the Spanish. La vida loca!

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Scottyme · 07/11/2023 07:19

Yes @Soozikinzii every older lady with this name is VI-da to me, so I actually find the Vee pronunciation strange. I think Vi as the same as Violet.

It interesting to the meaning of Vida and hear that others would pronounce it Veeda. Thank you everyone

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Ittastesvile · 07/11/2023 07:19

I thought it was Vee-da and have never heard V-eye-da. But I don't know anyone irl with this name

Soozikinzii · 07/11/2023 07:08

My grandma's name was Vida ! We pronounced item VIda the I as in eye . Its a lovely unusual name . I noticed Michael Bible's daughter has it ! - obviously because of My gma .

logicisall · 07/11/2023 07:02

To me it's vee -da. The Spanish for "life".

PopcornAndGummyBears · 07/11/2023 06:58

It would be vee-da to me. (And I could never use it because Veda is a type of bread - bread of the Gods actually - and it would be weird to call a child that)

DappledThings · 07/11/2023 06:54

The only one I know is Vee-da.