Ivan: which pronunciation do you prefer?

[ttcAlex]

EYE-van or ih-VAN?

Second one.

I think this is a dialect thing, not something you can choose.

Eyevan

Ifan

Eye-van. I've never heard it pronounced any other way.

Eye van

Second one. I prefer the Eastern European pronunciation.

If I knew the person was British I'd pronounce it the first way.
If I thought they were Eastern European I'd pronounce the second way.
I'm not sure I have a preference particularly. I was a huge Lendl fan but my natural pronunciation would still be EYE-van I think.

ih-van if from mainland/Eastern Europe/Russia

eye-van if British

Think I prefer the Russian

Again?? There was a thread on this last week!
Eyevan is the British way of saying it Ihvan is Russian.

If you don't want your child to be called Eyevan, pick another name

They will be EYE-van in the UK.

I knew someone called Ivan- always referred to as Ivan the Terrible which was a bit unfortunate for him.

Even if you call him ih-VAHN he's be called eye-van by everyone outside the family.

It will be Eye- van is the UK unfortunately, even though I do prefer the softer European pronunciation.

You could use Evan instead? "Eh -van" has a similar softer sound to ih - van (Ivan).

I know an i-VAN (lowercase i not uppercase EYE) he's Italian.

I would default to EYE-van (because I'm English and I've known two), but would be perfectly prepared to be corrected. I'm not sure I 'prefer' one or the other.

What about Ivor