Name Pronunciation

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

I was just curious as to how most of you pronounce the name, Eva. Do you say "Ee-va" or "Ay-va" or "Eh-va"?

I know all are accepted pronunciations and I absolutely love the name but I pronounce it in French, which sounds more like "Eh-va", although "Ay-va" is close enough.  "Ee-va" however I'm not too fond of...We do presently live in an area where English is the main language so I'm curious as to how the majority pronounce it. I don't want to spell it Ava because it wouldn't sound right in French. 

 

And while we're at it, what do you think of the name as a sib-set for Cléa (Clay-ah)?

Comments

[satunian.livejournal.com]

wow, you must have read my mind because I was wondering that too and thinking of posting the same question here!
I've met 3 Evas, each of which pronounced it differently, so to me if I saw that name I would just ask right off the bat "which way do you say it" because it could go any way in my head. If I were to use it as a name myself, I'd either go with the Ee-va (more likely of the two) or eh-va, and would just use Ava for the ay-va pronunciation. If it helps for statistics sake, I live in the eastern united states, currently in the south where I think "ee-vah" would be more likely to be said (this is also where I knew the one who pronounced it that way!) but in NY where I'm from, I heard eh-va and ay-va more