Anonymous wrote:I’m kind of shocked that anyone would pronounce Neve like Neev. That wouldn’t even be on my radar. I’ve only heard it pronounced as Nehv

I am kind of shocked you know that many people with that name.

I like Nev

Neeve reminds me of the Knights of Neet

Anonymous wrote:We are considering the name Neve for our daughter. We are wondering what people think of it. Thank you for your feedback.

No. So many better Irish names. She will tire of correcting people

I like it— why not just spell it Neeve?

I’m kind of shocked that anyone would pronounce Neve like Neev. That wouldn’t even be on my radar. I’ve only heard it pronounced as Nehv

I am not familiar with the name at all but if I saw Neve...I would pronounce Neev. I am neutral on it. I am a Nina and have never loved my name so Neve is similar in my mind.

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Anonymous wrote:It's beautiful - and she will constantly be telling people how to pronounce it. You may or may not care.

I think some millennials may default to Neve (Campbell), but the spelling matches the phonetic pronunciation, so most would say it correctly. Especially after an initial correction, if necessary.

The spelling doesn’t match at all. If you want it pronounced Neev you should spell it that way.

Neve is not going to get you Neev any more than Niamh. At least that spelling signals it’s a cultural name so pronunciation is not intuitive.

I disagree. I think a lot of Americans would pronounce it like Eve but with an N. Some will pronounce it like Neve Campbell. It will be a mix (see Caroline pronounced -line vs -lyn).

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Anonymous wrote:It's beautiful - and she will constantly be telling people how to pronounce it. You may or may not care.

I think some millennials may default to Neve (Campbell), but the spelling matches the phonetic pronunciation, so most would say it correctly. Especially after an initial correction, if necessary.

I don’t think it’s a millennial thing. It’s the word for snow in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The default is going to pronounce it like a Romance language, and it’s going to be increasingly difficult to correct everyone as she gets older and the presence of Spanish/Portuguese increases.

apparently i'm naive- but how do you pronounce this? only know the neve campbell way

In Spanish it's "nieve"- knee-eh-veh. In Portuguese it's "neve" - neh-vi

In Italian, it’s “neve” - neh-veh

It’s hard to explain the exact tone but all of these three sound closer to the way Neve Campbell pronounces it.

For reference, [Neeev] doesn’t even sound like a word in any of those languages. It feels like an extreme mispronunciation of neve, whereas as [Nev] like Neve Campbell feels like saying neve with an American accent.

You could spell it Neiv if you want people to pronounce it like Neev, but people will call your child "naive," at least in middle school!

Anonymous wrote:Neve won't be spelled or pronounced correctly her entire life. I'd hate to do that to a kid.

This

Neve won't be spelled or pronounced correctly her entire life. I'd hate to do that to a kid.

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Anonymous wrote:It's beautiful - and she will constantly be telling people how to pronounce it. You may or may not care.

I think some millennials may default to Neve (Campbell), but the spelling matches the phonetic pronunciation, so most would say it correctly. Especially after an initial correction, if necessary.

I don’t think it’s a millennial thing. It’s the word for snow in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The default is going to pronounce it like a Romance language, and it’s going to be increasingly difficult to correct everyone as she gets older and the presence of Spanish/Portuguese increases.

apparently i'm naive- but how do you pronounce this? only know the neve campbell way

In Spanish it's "nieve"- knee-eh-veh. In Portuguese it's "neve" - neh-vi

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Anonymous wrote:It's beautiful - and she will constantly be telling people how to pronounce it. You may or may not care.

I think some millennials may default to Neve (Campbell), but the spelling matches the phonetic pronunciation, so most would say it correctly. Especially after an initial correction, if necessary.

I don’t think it’s a millennial thing. It’s the word for snow in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The default is going to pronounce it like a Romance language, and it’s going to be increasingly difficult to correct everyone as she gets older and the presence of Spanish/Portuguese increases.

apparently i'm naive- but how do you pronounce this? only know the neve campbell way

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Anonymous wrote:It's beautiful - and she will constantly be telling people how to pronounce it. You may or may not care.

I think some millennials may default to Neve (Campbell), but the spelling matches the phonetic pronunciation, so most would say it correctly. Especially after an initial correction, if necessary.

I don’t think it’s a millennial thing. It’s the word for snow in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The default is going to pronounce it like a Romance language, and it’s going to be increasingly difficult to correct everyone as she gets older and the presence of Spanish/Portuguese increases.

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s ugly sounding.

Same and I know it’s going to get butchered