how would you pronounce the name Avaya?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zendaya pronounces her name with "day" as in "day" of the week, so this name could be pronounced as Avaya rhyming with "day".

op here, yes that is the correct pronunciation.

So....if you already knew how to pronounce it, why did you ask?

Because she wants to know how people who are not familiar will pronounce it without being told.

[Anonymous]

I haven’t read any other replies but I would pronounce it uh- vie- uh. Now I’m going to go back and see if I’m right

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t read any other replies but I would pronounce it uh- vie- uh. Now I’m going to go back and see if I’m right

You're not.

[Anonymous]

A-vah-ya

[Anonymous]

Is this a trick question?

I’ve known OnDRAY-uh and ON-dray-uh and ANNdreeuh (Andrea)

PuhTREEsha and PuhTREE see ah (Patricia)

Lara = Laura

Then there’s Suzanne Malveaux who pronounces her first name as sooz-ZAHN