Xavier or Zavier?

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Which spelling do you prefer Xavier or Zavier? If Xavier, do you prefer it pronounced ECKS-AY-VEE-ER or ZAY-VEE-ER?

I prefer xavier pronounced the french way

Xavier pron Havier

spelling? definitely Xavier.

pronounced? if you have French connections and/or live in French-speaking country, then the French pronounciation.If you don't, then the English pronounciation

Xavier pronounced Zay-vee-er.

Xavier

Xavier is not pronounced Havier ever. Javier is pronounced Havier.

Xavier should be pronounced cks-a-viay.

Xavier, pronounced zavi-ay.

Xavier spelt cks-a-viay

Xavier.
Are you an X Men fan too?

Xavier pronounced Zay-vee-er for me too

have never heard it PNed with the X as "cks" ever !

I'm not sure I know how to do 'cks' ?!

Its my brother's name and we've always said Zay-vee-yer. It's the French version of the Spanish name Javier.

It says this on wikipedia:

People unfamiliar with the form Xavier, when faced with reading it, have sometimes resorted to pronouncing it "ex-avier", though one would have expected its pronunciation as one would pronounce the word "xylophone" to have offered a more reasonable solution. This has resulted in some popular fictional Xaviers getting saddled with the "Ex-avier" pronunciation, as with Charles Xavier, leader of the fictional X-Men.

I would pronounce it Zav-ee-ay

My Cat is called Xavier because my husband wouldn't allow it for a child I love the name and he is a very handsom cat.

I know a little Xavier pronounced Zavi-ay (sort of) and Xav for short. I quite like it.

Javier. Pronounce it the Spanish way Havi-ay. People will say ex-aviour otherwise with Xavier (cringe) but Xavier (pronounced as above with a z sound and a french accent)has much more edge than Zavier.

Except that the Spanish way is not Havi-ay but Havierrr