How would you pronounce...

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Xavier?

If you saw the name Xavier written down and had to say it out loud, how would you pronounce it?

I know there are different ways to pronounce, I just want to see what the most common is.

Would be useful to know if you're British or from elsewhere (as I know this may influence pronunciation).

Thanks for your help!

Young boy I know (about 14) with English parents fluent in French, call him Zav ee ay Zav for short.
Great name.

Hav-ee-ay

Zav ee ay

I'd pronounce Xylophone as Gsy low phone

Really?

I'd pronounce Xylophone as Gsy low phone

So would I. How would you say it?

Zay-vee-er

My friends son is zah-VEER (emphasis not on 1st syllable)

Before him, I had always known the same as zah-vee-AY (from French textbooks!)

I'm British

Zave-ee-ur

I went to school with a girl called Xavier pronounced like "ecksavier" so that's what I automatically read it as...

Zay-vee-a

ZAV-ee-ay (the last syllable being half-way between hay without the h, and ‘air’)

Za vee air

Ex-ay-ve-uh

Maybe Ha-ve-er if they were spanish

Ha Bee Air

I know Xs are usually pronounced as Z but in Xmen they pronounce the X so that's always how I've thought of it

Wow, thanks for everyone's responses, very useful to know.

Ecks - Zay - Vee - Eyr
or
Ecks - Zay - Vee - Arr

have heard both these pronounciations for two of my friends named Xavier. one from UK, the other from Australia. The first one is also how you pronounce the Xavier from x-men movies.

Why are you pronouncing X like H?

Za vee ay

Zay vee err

Zar-Vi-Ya

I live in Catalonia where its pronounced Chab-i-er. Never seen it used in an English speaking country so my assumption would be that Xavier is Catalan and pronounce it that way.

You don't pronounce the letter F as Eff, you don't say Effun for Fun!

So why pronounce the X that way? It's Ksa vee er, not Eks a vee er.