Eviah

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Came over this name and thought it was beautiful for our little girl :)

But how would you pronounce it?

To me it sounds African-American rather than international.

I have a Scandinavian name and love it and totally don't mind pointing out to people how to spell or prnounce it - but I get that there are lots of people on here who have names with similar issues and find it drives them nuts.

I love love love Elida though.

OP Just in case the info is of use, this government website says that there were no babies in England and Wales were named 'Eviah' last year (2013), but that there were 4 babies named 'Evia':
[[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-318125]

From your top 10 names, I love Thea. Not Theadora. just Thea.

Eviah makes me think of Evian water.

Pipbin that really made me laugh (the jamjar / horseshoe thing). If this is you on drugs, carry on!

Elida is lovely. The problem with Eviah is that it really looks like Neveah (ie made up). If it looked more 'foreign' I think that it would be easier for people to think, ah yes she is from Norway so has a Norwegian name and pronounce it right.

To me, the E in Evelyn and Evie are exactly the same.

Eviah is madey uppey and sounds too close to Uriah as in Heep in David Copperfield for my liking. I agree with pps^ who remarked it looks like a cross between Evie and Nevaeh/too close to Nevaeh for comfort.

Elida is grim, makes me think of a cleaning or sanitary product.

Elfrieda would be nice.

I know an Avia- kind of pronounced "ah-vee-ah." She lives in the uk and hasn't had any trouble as far as I'm aware- I think it's beautiful.

Elida is a hairspray, no? Avia is an airline.

In English it would sound ridiculous .

I think Evia is pretty! Agree it looks better without the H. :) I'd say "Ev-ee-uh".

It doesn't sound at all like "heavier" to me but in an American accent there is a very definite "ur" sound at the end of heavier.

pipbin

Elida is like Vileda. Eviah is ..a cross between Mariah ( pronunciation a la Carey) and Elias. Is it?

Love Eviah - it sounds pretty - love to hear of names I haven't come across. I find it easy to pronounce but if I was writing it down without seeing the actual spelling I would properly neglect to use the h however that's not a big deal. Congratulations on your pregnancy!

I think your pronunciation is nice OP, and though I've never heard this name before, I really don't think it's that weird. Many of my friends and students have unusual/tricky to pronounce names- and with all their different cultures and backgrounds I find that perfectly normal (and lovely). Eviah is hardly a mouthful, and Evia would be even easier if you're worried...

So where is it from then?

Eve and all its variants are so popular in the UK I'd want to avoid anything in that style, sorry.

It's a beautiful name and I would use it.

If they MN baby name squad don't like it , then you knows it's a cool name.

But how do you pronounce it?
EE-vee-ah
EV-ee-ah
ev-EYE-ah
ee-VYE-ah