How would you pronounce this name ???

[queenasanti3]

Hi
I know myself how I would be pronouncing it if I was to choose this name but was just wondering how others would pronounce it,
Ok so it would be used if I was to have a boy:
it is Ephan.

Looks totally made-up to me, but if I had to hazard a guess. I'd go with Eh-fan.

oh well there you go I have seen it as a boys name but theres the evidence above that it can be used as a girls name, so may change it over to my girl list, but like I said it wasn't made up, just because something looks a bit different from the "norm" it doesn't have to made up, people just need to be open minded could always go for some typical like John it fits in with this "normal" society we live in.

It's how people in our neck of the woods pronounce Ethan.

My ds wrote a card to his friend when he was little -"Happy Birfday Efan"

Hakluyt:
Thats exactly how people would pronounce ethan were I live too, the only thing different about ephan is its splet exactly how it would be pronounced.
its just a variation of the name example kate/cait, indea/india

But the name is actually Ethan- why would you call your child a mispronounciation?

Kate and Cait are both legitimate spellings Cait short for Caitlin.

Ephan is just wrong! so is Indea

eff-ann

Sort of like you're avoiding swearing.

I would go with Ethan!

? You're spelling Ethan exactly as it is pronounced ? Why?

Also, Kate/Cait - Cait is the Gaelic variant. In Irish/ Gaelic it is pronounced nothing like Kate.

Just read the op, thought Efan. Moved to another thread and then had the horrid thought it was Ethan. I usually like alternative spellings, but not keen on this.

Evan or Eidan are nice too, if you want something similar to Ethan but a bit different.

In The Honourable Woman currently on BBC there is a male character called Ephra so I pronounced it like than with an n at the end. eff ran.

I use the capital E sound for Ethan but the lower case ehh sound for this although my pronunciation for Ethan is entirely different and wouldn't be confused anyway.

Sorry I meant eff an, I saw there wasnt an r in it.

spelling ethan exactly how is pronounced why ? why not, and theres nothing wrong with indea by the way.
Funny how people get so horribly offended by the way "someone" eles name is spelt or pronounced "get a grip" people

Ee-fan. But I'd assume they were incapable of pronouncing 'th' so mispronouncing Ethan.

It would be like calling a child Arry instead of Harry or Enry instead of Henry.

well to be honest if thats how its pronounced why not, or are we all speaking the queens English when we say things or people's names because I know where iam from we dont

spelling ethan exactly how is pronounced why ? why not, and theres nothing wrong with indea by the way."

Apart frm the fact that it's spelled India because it's the name of the country.
Are you planning on spelling Birthday "Birfday"? Because that's how it's pronounced round here.

Just trying to follow the logic here:

You like the name Ethan but you pronounce it Efan.
You want to spell it as it's pronounced.

So shouldn't you spell it Efan rather than Ephan?

I know a child named Arry.

Just checked and there were 23 Efans in 2012 and 5 Arrys. Efan is a welsh name as previously mentioned though.

Cait is pronounced Cat and Efan, in Welsh, would be pronounced Evan.

People using non English names and mispronouncing them really annoys me. It is quite disrespectful I think, smacks of English imperialism.

Evan.

yes I like the name ethan, I would be happy to use eithee ethan, ephan or efan as I would pronounce all three the same way, they have all come up as boy nanes when ive searched so I haven't intended on making up a name myself from an original name, just interested in variations of different names.

As for Ethan on some baby name site it was actually hebrew in origin, not that the origin of matters if I like a name regardless of origin I would use it.

once again before commenting please check the name sites out as indea is on there.

an just to throw another name in the mix how about Sean/Shaun like I say just more examples of variation.

oh go on while were on a roll how you all pronouncing "Elena"

I'd pronounce it Eh- Lain-ah. But I'm more likely to hear people's names as opposed to seeing them written down so if you told me your dd was called Eleanor or Helena, it could just as easily be spelled Elena and I'd be none the wiser.

Bring on a name site doesn't necessarily make a name sensible or 'real'.

I bought a name book when I was expecting DS1 that had Spunky and Chubby listed in the boy's name section. I have serious trouble believing that any parent would put either of those on their baby's birth certificate.