Eva - how would you pronounce it?

[Anonymous]

Our DD IS Eh-vuh; but my husband's family is mostly Spanish/Hipanic. Many other Europeans say Eh-vuh to her as it's common in German, Polish, and many object CEE countries. We love it (and her!)

[Anonymous]

My german-american SIL named her daughter Eva 4 years ago and I'm still trying to figure out how she pronounces it! When speaking german, she says A-va usually

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - I am not even pregnant anymore, but it is a girls name I've always liked (Eee-va). I mentioned it to my husband and he said he would expect a name spelled Eva to be pronounced like Ava (like Eva Longoria, I guess, I just never made that connection). I was just curious about what other people thought b/c if I do ever have a girl, I wouldn't want to stick her with a name that everyone is going to pronounce differently than I intended all the time.

Interesting about all the eh-vah responders. I wouldn't have even thought about pronouncing it that way.

I think she actually pronounces it Eh-vah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Romance language speakers would be likely to say Ava. But anyone who thinks Eve when they see Eva would probably use the long e.

Are you trying to decide on the spelling based on the results of an informal poll here?

If so, my vote would be if you want it said Ava, spell it Ava. If you want it pronounced Eeeva, spell it Eva.

I agree with everything said above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eva. If you want to pronounce it like Ava and don't like the Ava spelling, use the German Ewa.

And in school she'll be known for years as Eew-ah. And she will go to therapy for that for half of her adulthood, until finally, when she has her 20 year reunion, she will enter the room and hear: "There goes "eew-ah!" and realize it was all in vain.


Please don't name her Ewa!

I wrote this and wouldn't use it either! It was my great-aunt's name and we all had a hard time with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eva Langloria is not pronounced Ava (ay-va), it's pronounced eh-va.

That's not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eva Langloria is not pronounced Ava (ay-va), it's pronounced eh-va.

That's not true.

I think it depends on how you pronounce "eh". When you say eh, I think like elephant or ever. Is this how she pronounces her name?

[Anonymous]

OP, I think the people who read this thread are cosmopolitan and well-educated. I suspect most people you meet in this country who are not of Latino or European origin will say "ee-va." You might want to do a Babycenter poll just to double-check.

[Anonymous]

Like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eva Langloria is not pronounced Ava (ay-va), it's pronounced eh-va.

That's not true.

I think it depends on how you pronounce "eh". When you say eh, I think like elephant or ever. Is this how she pronounces her name?

No, it's like the E in emerald or the A in animal. Not ee-vah not ay-va.

[Anonymous]

i would say Eh-vah. I've never heard of anyone pronouncing this Eve-ah. Eva Longoria, Eva Peron etc.

[Anonymous]

Eva to me is Eh-vah or Ay-vah. Ava to me is Ah-vah. But that may be because my parents are not from the U.S. -- I understand that Ava may be pronounced Ay-vah, here. I would never think it is Eve-ah.

[Anonymous]

I would tend to say ee-vah but this was my (Germanic) grandmother's name and she pronounced it eh-vah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think the people who read this thread are cosmopolitan and well-educated. I suspect most people you meet in this country who are not of Latino or European origin will say "ee-va." You might want to do a Babycenter poll just to double-check.

So, you're a huge bitch.

[Anonymous]

Ee-va