Ivi - Pronounciation?

[Namedrama87]

How would you pronounce Ivi?

Ivy or Evie? Or differently?

I (the same sound as ‘it’) V I (again the same sound as ‘it). So IHVih (which sounds so basic with my strong Lancashire accent, but potentially lovely in other accents!) Or maybe Ih-V-eye at a push. Basically I’d have to ask!

The first I doesn’t look like it would be pronounced as eye- as in Ivy without the Y on the end. I definitely read it as the phonetic I for some reason!

Thank you all! Ivi in Greek is pronounced as the British Evie…

Oh dear… what a confusion!

I think I will suggest to my DP another name!

Why not call her Evie?

What about Evie? Means the same thing to you and gets the pronunciation you want, seems perfect?

The second link has the “right” Greek accent.

Yes, that’s how I’d pronounce it too.

Agreed

Oh, if I’d known Greek then the ‘I’ would be an ‘ee ’ sound, so then ee-vee. I missed that first time round!

I think it’s fine - it’s not a difficult one when people know, it’s more when they assume British pronunciation that it becomes confused initially but nothing that’s hard to correct!

It reminded me initially of IUI - intrauterine insemination. Having googled there is a term intravaginal insemination (IVI).

I would pronounce it as Ivy, it’s a lovely name but please use the proper spelling.

Yes Evie is the perfect British spelling for the sound we want.

It is a bit far from the Greek Ivi in terms of translation but we can’t have it all I guess…

I wondered if you were Greek. There is a girl called Ivi in my DD4s class that is pronounced Evie

Evie is a lovely name 🥰

Iffy only with a v sound.

Classic 1st response nails it

I would assume it was Ivy, a bit how like Lily can be spelt Lili.

I actually once Nannied an Ivi in North London about 9y ago, generally she got Ee-vee (how it was pronounced) but very rarely Ivy but it wasn’t that unusual to get Ivvy (rhymes with skivvy)

You mean Hebe. The equivalent in the English language to have the same approximate spelling would be Evie. Ήβη does not really translate to Ivi.

Yep, I read it as this also.

I know this isn't the question but in what world does ivvey rhyme with ibbey?

MN world @WeAreWarriorsWeAreWarriors . it rhymes with divvy.

@Namedrama87 , Evie is very popular in the OK. It's pretty but so overused.

I read it as the fertility treatment and I've taught supply in central London!

I just see it as IntraVenous Infusion.

In German it’s the same pronunciation on Ivy.

Ivy in German is ‘Ee-vee’
Evie in German is ‘ay-fee’

So you can’t just use Evie if you wanted Evie sound, you would use Ivy.
Ivi would be - ‘Ee-fee’ though I think.

You can still use the name but have an English spelling - Evie - and a Greek spelling - Ήβη when using it in Greek speaking/writing situations eg Church etc. The Greek alphabet is a completely different script so it really won’t matter and Evie will be translated into Ήβη just like Peter/Πετρος or Helen/Ελενι

Well that cleared things up 😂