How would you pronounce Ivo and Ivan?

[ttcAlex]

The title says it really. EE-VO or EYE-VO? EE-VAN or EYE-VAN?

Eye-vo & Eye-van

Eye-vo and Eye-van for me.

Eye-vo and eye-van

Eve-o

Eve-ahn

Two eyes here too.

Eye-vo and eye-van. If I were going for another pronunciation it'd be i-vo and i-van with the short i sound, rather than 'ee'.

Eve-oh
Eye-van

Eye vo. Eve van

Eve-oh and Eye-van

Ee-vo
Eye-van (in this country). Ee-van in Europe.

I also love Ivor.

Eye for both.

@FelicityPike

Eye-vo & Eye-van

This.

Eye-vo and Eye-van

Eev-o and Eye-van.

Eye vo and Eye van.

Depends how they were introduced to me, which language the family used, etc. Instinctively I'd guess EYE-vo and EYE-van if I saw it written down with no context, but I'd be prepared to be totally wrong.

Thank you for your opinions so far

If you came across an Ivan, who pronounced his name as E-van, not Eye-van, would you find it odd/think his name is spelled wrong?

Sorry by E-van, I meant I-van with the short i-sound.

No, I would think he was maybe Russian or Polish or suchlike.

Eye vo

Eye van

I'd never think someone was spelling their name wrong, lots of local variations in pronunciation. I may occasionally think someone's parents made their life harder than needed though.

Yes eye-vo & eye-van. I believe Russian people pronounce it ee-van so if I met one pronounced like that I would presume he was from Russian heritage probably.

No, as pp has said, I would assume it was pronounced in the Russian way. Ivan Lendl is an example, although I don’t think he was Russian, maybe Bulgarian?

I go eye for both two. I wouldn't know how you could spell it to make the pronunciation clear. I think he would be constantly correcting people's pronunciation. I also think he'll have to spell it out.

We would say E-van for ivan around my area of wales - means John in English.
I love the name, considering it for DC4

In the UK, I would assume it's pronounced Eye Van because the letter I is eye there. In most European countries (if not all?) I is always Ee. So if not from the UK, I would assume Ee- van.

It could never be eye-van in a Slavic country, because eye-van sounds almost identical to hajvan, which means to behave like an animal, so not a great association...