How would you pronounce Ivo and Ivan?

[ttcAlex]

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

Forgot to say I would spell it ifan, as there's no v in the welsh alphabet. If that makes sense.

Ivan Lendl is pronounced ee van

Welsh Ifan would be pn ee-van and Ifor ‘ee-vor’

English Ivan = eye-van and Ivo = eye-vo, Ivor = eye-vor etc. Letter I doesn’t make that sound in English.

FWIW, Ivan Lendl (EE-van) was born in Czech Republic but now lives in the USA, I believe.

Ivan Eye-van and Ivo Eye-vo as in Ivor the Engine - might need to be a certain age to get that.

I would also think they would be the same beginning as Ivy the plant.

Eye-vo & Eye-van

But if told it was i-van or ee-van, I would just assume eatern european or something and pronounce as told. But i think the standard go to is eye-van, so teachers on registers etc, you have to tell them it is not that.
Oh, Welsh has a shorter I saound, but different to eg Polish too doesn't it?

Shouldn't be a problem, alternative pronunciations are pretty common

@Lockdownfatigue

Welsh Ifan would be pn ee-van and Ifor ‘ee-vor’

English Ivan = eye-van and Ivo = eye-vo, Ivor = eye-vor etc. Letter I doesn’t make that sound in English.

well except in the name Isobel....

Welsh Ifan is pronounced more like Yvan - the i is more like the i in if or big. Ifor is more like Yvor (Yv like in Yvonne). the o in Ifor is like the o in of.

Ivan is Eye-vun or Y-vahn.
Ivo is Eev-o or Eye-vo.

Eye for both

Watch child of our time there was twins on that with those names.

@FelicityPike

Eye-vo & Eye-van

This

well except in the name Isobel....

Isobel isn't a Welsh name.

Ifan/Ivan is (the latter version being used to compensate for mispronunciation of the 'f' sound).

I'd pronounce Ee-vo or Ee-van.

Both eye

How about if you saw Yvan, how would you pronounce that?
(thank you to the poster above, who suggested this variation of the name)

@CaptainInsensible

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?

^This.

People would automatically pronounce it as the famous person they know with that name.

Oh and Ivan Lendl is nice to fans.

Yvan is breton and is pronounced pretty much the same as Ifan.

Eve-o but not familiar with the name
Eye-van as I knew one in uni

@ttcAlex

How about if you saw Yvan, how would you pronounce that? (thank you to the poster above, who suggested this variation of the name)

Eevan

@ttcAlex

How about if you saw Yvan, how would you pronounce that? (thank you to the poster above, who suggested this variation of the name)

The short “i” sound that’s in “igloo” “little” and “if”.

Like “if - an” “If Anne were to walk by”

Eye-vo
And
Ee-van

For me

Ivan Eye-Van
Ivor Eye Ver
EvAn Ev-en

As in -Stick

"Ivo" in my language is pronounced EE-VOO

Eye-Vo
Eye-Van

Isobel isn't a Welsh name.

the quote was that in English the I doesn't mkae a short I sound. (whereas in Welsh it does)

In the name Isobel it does. The point was that Isobel is not Welsh, it is English.