Eva

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

[Poll #789901]

I recently saw the movie Evita, and I've absolutely fallen in love with the name Eva. My only issue with it is that I have a feeling that most people will pronounce it the Anglicized way, like Eve with an a at the end, rather than the Spanish way, kind of like Ava. To keep the pronunciation that I want, I'm thinking that I should just use Ava, which is already on my list, though I do like Eva.

As a standard disclaimer, children are a long, long way off for me. I'm just really into names (and Evita).

Comments

[ladyartemisa.livejournal.com]

Eva is not pronounced like Ava in Spanish.

it is pronounced with an E likes in "yes".

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Agreed, the Spanish is somewhere in between option 2 and option 3. Ava has a much longer A sound.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

With my accent, they sound the same (Ava vs. e from yes). :/ I mean, I know that the first syllable isn't as drawn out in Spanish, but, otherwise, they are essentially the same.

[ladyartemisa.livejournal.com]

i just wanted to mention that since you were concerned about pepole saying it right... just wanted to point out that you arent saying right.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I'm not really concerned about people having the perfect Spanish accent, though. I'm more concerned about people pronouncing it like EE-va.

[ladyartemisa.livejournal.com]

well then I agree with others and say to just use Ava because Eva wouldnt be pronouced like that.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

That's my name :)

I usually introduce myself as Eva, pronounced Ee-va, to people I won't personally deal with much - it's easier for people to say and spell, and I don't have to explain anything. I really don't mind, especially if it's someone like, say, the dentist or if I'm ordering something on the phone.

My friends and family pronounce it like non-rhotic Ever, which is the original Polish pronounciation and which I like. Others say it like Ava, which is nice too. Either is fine with me.

This is a bit of a pain when people ask how my name is "really" pronounced, and sometimes I'm not sure how I should pronounce my own name... LOL!

I say if you want it pronounced like Ava, use Ava or your kid will be faced with this annoyance. It's a MINOR annoyance, but sometimes I wish I'd just stuck with one straightforward pronunciation ;)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

If you want it pronounced like Ava, I would just spell it that way. It's quite beautiful looking spelled that way.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

The way I pronounce it isn't really on there, so I said like Ava. But I say "Eh-va" with a little hint of A in the Eh. LOL.

I like that way and Ee-va.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

See, I'm from the South, so it kind of comes out as a cross between those two first pronunciations to me, and I pronounce both Eva and Ava like that.

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

Ever since i saw the musical, i say it like number three.
Is the movie good?

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I adore the movie. Madonna, Antonio Banderas, and Jonathan Pryce are all fabulous. I haven't seen the musical, though, so I can't compare the two.

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'll have to find it sometime. The musical was AMAZING! Go see it sometme!

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I would have pronounce dit like choice #1 but then I met somene who pronounced it like choice #3.

[ginky.livejournal.com]

I say eh-vah, but I grew up on the border of Mexico so the only Evas I know were Eh-vahs.

I have an Ee-Vee and she has one friend who's mother calls her eh-vee and it bugs me, but I've stopped saying anything about it.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

If you want to prn it Ava, you need to spell it Ava. I think anybody named Eva, prn Ava, would be constantly correcting people.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I had a feeling. I just wasn't sure if it was a Southern/Virginian thing to pronounce it like Eve-a, or if it was a nationwide thing.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

The vast majority of people think Eva is prn Ee-vuh and Ava is prn Ay-vuh. Ava is an extremely popular name and I think she'd be correcting more than some people once.

[coconutchica.livejournal.com]

Ava is #1 on my list, and would def. save you the prn troubles you are worried about!

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Since you didn't have my choice, I chose the first one.


I pronounce it however it is supposed to be pronounced - I've seen people who spell ave-a as E-V-A and I've seen people who spell eve-a E-V-A. My default, however, is EVE-UH.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I must have more of a Southern accent than I thought, because Eve-a and Eve-uh are pronounced the same to me. :/

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they are, I just chose to express it differently I suppose, lol.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I tend to want to say, and prefer AY-va. But I accept that most people say it EE-va. Regardless, it's not a name I care much for, so it doesn't matter than much to me. Whatever people want I guess.

I've never heard it like said similar to ever.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Thing is, I pronouce it all three ways because I've known an "Eeva", an "Eh-va" and an "Ava", all spelled Eva. So, whichever the person tells me it is.

[wake-tonight.livejournal.com]

I would say Eve-ah, but I'm not sure how you would say Ava? I would say Ah-vah, whereas would you say Ay-vah in the states?

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

... whereas would you say Ay-vah in the states?

Ay-vah is closer to the Spanish pronunciation of the name than Eve-ah, which is apparently how most people in the US pronounce it. Evita is about Eva Perón, one of the First Ladies of Argentina, and most of the characters in the movie pronounced her name similar to Ay-vah, though the Ay isn't drawled out quite as much.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

On the opposite, I've never known anyone with the name spelled Eva who pronounced it "ay-vuh"

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

You know, I've never actually seen Eva Braun's name in print before. Odd, huh?

[pope-pourri.livejournal.com]

My name is Eva. I pronounce it Eve-uh. I have people pronounce it either way, Ay-vuh or Eve-uh, it's about an even split. It gets kind of annoying to a point, because the way I see it, if you (generic you) want it pronounced Ay-vuh, then you should use Ava. But I guess I'm kind of biased on that point -- to me, Eva is Eve-uh and Ava is Ay-vuh.

I've had people OCCASSIONALLY pronounce it Ehh-vuh, but I just don't get that one.

(I'm kinda late on this, but I feel obliged to chime in since it's, you know, my name).

[pope-pourri.livejournal.com]

And, by the by, I really like my name and sometimes I want to retroactively high-five my parents for giving it to me.