Ava? Help pronunciation

[Unicornpuzzle]

Hello,

How is the name Ava pronounced in the Uk?

Is A like apple or A like "ey" from hey?

So A-va or Ey-va?

Ey-va (Ay-va)

Ey-va

Ey-va

Not A-va like avocado!

I'd say Aa-va? As is like Aa-vocado

Ayva is a different pronunciation based on spelling as is Eyva?

Definitely Ayva

Ay Va (ay like the name of the letter A)

Oh gosh, I know anyone in real life and I would never have imagined the "ay"... thankfully I asked here and now I know.

Is Ada following the same trent?

i.e A like Apple of Ay ?

Ey va. Never heard it any other way in the UK.

Yes Ay-da for Ada.

@7catsisnotenough I thought the same... but apparently not!

And sorry a bit irrelevant but are all the Ev names pronounced with E like egg or E like easy?

It's Ay Va.

Ay-va and Ay-da.

I've never heard hard 'a' like avocado Ah-va
I have heard a hard 'a' Ah-da but it was a shortening of a Polish name.

Like easy

I'd pronounce it ey-va, to rhyme with favour

Not A-vuh like 'ave a (banana)

Hmm this can vary.

Eva = Eeva

Evelyn = Eevlyn or Evlyn or Evalyn

Evie = Eevie

Evan = Ev-un

We call them long and short vowel sounds

/e/ in egg is a short vowel sound /e/ in easy is a long vowel sound.

Ava - the first /a/ is a long vowel sound and the second /a/ is said with a bit more of a schwa which is the ‘uh’ sound or short /u/ sound.

Everly = Ever-ly

I would say Ava and Eva the same. But then I met a Polish Eva who says it like Ever.

Ayva

Ada is also Ay - sounds like like hey op.

Ey-va

Ay-va. Ee-va is spelt Eva. Although Eva can also be pronounced Ay-va.

There is variation....

E- sounds like ee in bee 🐝
Elizabeth - E
Elaine

E - sounds like E in egg 🥚
Emilia
Emma
Ella
Elsie
Elsa
Eleanor
Emily
Etta
Elodie

Ei - sounds like eye
Eileen

E - sounds like Urr
Eartha - like earth

They’re definitely not the same - I have an Eva! Ava is ay-va, Eva is ee-va