How would you pronounce Ziva?

[sarahb083]

And what do you think of the name?

Zee-va.

Like on NCIS.

Zee va. Not keen on the name really. Much prefer Zara.

Zeeva. It's nice.

Zee-va. I like it

Agree with Marmite.

(I would assume you had links with a non-UK country.)

Zee-va. I've never heard it before, but I really like it.

Zee-va. I’m not keen, unless you have non-UK roots.

Not sure. Sounds a bit similar to Zika for my liking!

Zee-va. Not sure about it, I guess depends on the surname, and I automatically thought of it as a girl's name but you may be having a boy?

I'd pronounce it like Zika as in the virus. Initial feeling is it's a bit meh. Then I think ziva the diva and urgh

Zee - vah.

I would also assume you and/or your dh had foreign heritage.

Zee va

another vote for zee vah

Zee vuh

It’s ok.

I’d guess Zee-Va
I’m not a fan of the name personally

Either Zee-Vah or Ziv - Va. Not Zay-Va.

I would also assume a foreign heritage.

Zee-vah

I’ve not heard of it before and my immediate cynical thought is a medication / pharmaceutical company name..... however if I met a Ziva I’m sure I’d love the name and thought it’s actually a really cool, unusual easy to spell and pronounce name!

Zee- vuh. Never heard it before, don’t have an opinion on it really - neither love nor hate. Sounds maybe Arabic so I would assume it has a meaning I don’t know. I would be surprised to see it on a child without non-U.K. roots.

@sarahb083 its my sister in law's name. Are you Jewish. We pronounce it Zee-va.

My MIL is very religious and her children all had Hebrew names, which isn't that common even amongst UK Jews. I think it would be normal in israel.

I would automatically pronounce it Zee-vah but have never seen/heard it before. Is that how it is supposed to be pronounced Op?

@PattyPan my SIL is English but its her name. Its Israeli but some (usually religious but not always) Jews like to have Hebrew names rather than Hebrew anglicized names like David, Sarah etc.

Zee va big ncis fan

Zee-va.

I’d also assume that you were ultra orthodox Jewish or Arab.

Thanks all. I'm English and my husband is Indian/English. We agree on some 'standard' English names (Emma and Eva are current favourites), but we also both like some unique names - especially Ziva and Priya. Having grown up as one of many, many Sarahs, I'm leaning towards something more unique, but I don't want to saddle future DD with a hard to pronounce name! We also love Zoe but can't use it. Any other suggestions we may like?