How do you pronounce Tavish?

MrsGeek · May 2009

We're considering this as a middle name, but is it pronounced:

1. Taw-vish

2. Tay-vish

3. rhymes with Travis (with an h on the end)

leah1615 · May 2009

I would say either #2 or #3.

newportbride715 · May 2009

I'd pronounce it like #3. Why do you want to use it if you don't even know how to pronounce it?

eta: not truly rhyming w/ Travis, but like the first syllable -Tav- ish. Like Lavish.

starsmaycollide · May 2009

No idea...never heard it used before.

amoureux · May 2009

Not like any of your choices.

It is tav-ish. 'tav' is said like how you say the first syllable of tavern.

'ish' is said like fish minus the f.

LMS05 · May 2009

newportbride715:
Why do you want to use it if you don't even know how to pronounce it?

Ditto?

teacherjess · May 2009

Why would you use a name you can't pronounce? If you can't pronounce it and you're using it, where does that leave everyone else??

I'd go with...rhymes with Travis(h).

anna7602 · May 2009

amoureux:

Not like any of your choices.

It is tav-ish. 'tav' is said like how you say the first syllable of tavern.

'ish' is said like fish minus the f.

Like this. I had a friend growing up whose last name this was and this is how she pronounced it.

MrsGeek · May 2009

newportbride715:
I'd pronounce it like #3. Why do you want to use it if you don't even know how to pronounce it?

It's Irish for "Twin" and this baby is going to be an irish twin so i thought it was a cute idea.

I like the way it sounds as either Tavish (like tavern) and also like Tay-vish, but not so much Tawvish so I was just double-checking.

newportbride715 · May 2009

MrsGeek:
newportbride715:
I'd pronounce it like #3. Why do you want to use it if you don't even know how to pronounce it?
It's Irish for "Twin" and this baby is going to be an irish twin so i thought it was a cute idea.
I like the way it sounds as either Tavish (like tavern) and also like Tay-vish, but not so much Tawvish so I was just double-checking.

Gotcha. It's traditional pronunciation rhymes w/ lavish.

https://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Tavish

kellyfromcali · May 2009

#3?

Hovie · May 2009

Lavish with a T

maltwin1 · May 2009

Hovie:
Lavish with a T

This.

Lyssapee · May 2009

#3!

sunnydays99 · May 2009

I would say it like #3

dpdw · May 2009

MrsGeek:
newportbride715:

I'd pronounce it like #3. Why do you want to use it if you don't even know how to pronounce it?

It's Irish for "Twin" and this baby is going to be an irish twin so i thought it was a cute idea.

I like the way it sounds as either Tavish (like tavern) and also like Tay-vish, but not so much Tawvish so I was just double-checking.

Just an fyi, according to IrishDictionary.ie, Tavish is not the Irish word for "twin". "Leathch?pla" is. Now that would be an interesting middle name.

carolinag · May 2009

newportbride715:
I'd pronounce it like #3. Why do you want to use it if you don't even know how to pronounce it?

this. and rhymes with lavish.

teamla2000 · May 2009

Hovie:
Lavish with a T

This. There is a fairly common last name, McTavish.

golightily · May 2009

I think that you have to ask, you shouldn't give your kid that name. Just move on. You're his mother and if you can't pronounce it right away, no one else will be able to either.