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[djador.livejournal.com]

Brooke Burke and David Charvet recently had a son and have revealed that they've named him Shaya.

Brooke wrote in a blog that it isn't 100% sure yet but they're thinking the full name will be Shaya Braven-Burke Charvet.

WDYT?

Shaya looks very feminine to me and that full name is quite a mouthful.

BTW, their other children are Neriah, 7 ½, Sierra Sky, 5 ½, and Heaven Rain, 14 months.

Does anyone know how Charvet is pronounced?

Comments

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is an horrendous name for a boy (actually it's an horrendous name for a girl!). Charvet is pronounced Char-vay.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Is it pronounced Shy-uh? Like Shia LaBeouf?

[djador.livejournal.com]

I hope so because SHAY-uh on a boy hurts my head. =P

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Apparently David 'came up' with Braven.

Add it to the -en name list. It hurts a little.

[djador.livejournal.com]

When I see Shaya my immediate response is that it's pronounced SHAY-uh. Which is super feminine. If it's pronounced like Shia, I really wish they'd spelled it that way because at least it doesn't look like a girl name.

[devofriends.livejournal.com]

Hmm. If it's pronounced "Shy-uh", then it's a name I've seen on guys before--it's Hebrew (or Aramaic, maybe?) and I think it means "gift". I do agree that it sounds awfully feminine though...and I have nothing good to say about the middle name. :-/

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i don't like shaya. is it pronounced shay-a or shy-a? either way, i'm not a fan. i don't like braven either. it sounds made up.
i think charvet is pronounced shar-vay.

Shai, Shia, Shaya

[crossingthesea.livejournal.com]

I feel like my last four or five posts in this community have been defending or explaining Hebrew names. I don't mind as I think an explanation is useful as I'd want one from someone else's culture.

Shai is a name meaning gift in Hebrew. It is for both boys and girls. Shia/Shaya has been someone borrowed by the Diaspora community-- which I very much doubt this particular couple is a part of. It has the same meaning. My guess is that it originated from a misspelling and people ended up liking it both ways.

I like it, but prefer the other spelling.

I'm with whomever hopes it's not Shay-uh. That sound doesn't work for me.