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

I know an Eva pronounced Ee-vuh and and Ewa pronounced Eh-vuh. That's how I would have pronounced it.

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

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 would have assumed it was pronouced A-va but then my co-worker named her daughter Eva and pronounces it Ee-va. So I'd probably ask for clarification.

Ee-vah. Although the only one I know pronounces it Ava.

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!

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

Ah-vah.

But, I'm not from the states

Eh-vuh or Ee-vuh. The first if i knew of a Hispanic/Latino background, the second if I didn't.

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.

Agree.

Like the E in elephant: E-vah

Like A-vah if I thought they were not from the States and Ee-vah if they were.

But I can't get business school "economic value added" out of my mind when I hear "Ee-vah".

EE-vah

AY-vahh

I'd pronounce it with a long E sound. Lovely name, as is Ava.