Eva vs. Ava

NicoleWI · November 2010

Is "Eva" commonly pronounced "Eev-ah" and "Ava" commonly pronounced "Ay-vah"?

Or do people pronounce "Eva" as it would be in Spanish, like "Ay-vah"?

alliejo725 · November 2010

Among English-speakers, I'd say the vast majority of the time Eva = EE-vuh and Ava = A-vuh.

I personally prefer Ava.

streamtrax41 · November 2010

alliejo725:
Among English-speakers, I'd say the vast majority of the time Eva = EE-vuh and Ava = A-vuh.

I personally prefer Ava.

Yup, what she said.

indiana101 · November 2010

streamtrax41:
alliejo725:
Among English-speakers, I'd say the vast majority of the time Eva = EE-vuh and Ava = A-vuh.

I personally prefer Ava.
Yup, what she said.

indiana101 · November 2010

streamtrax41:
alliejo725:
Among English-speakers, I'd say the vast majority of the time Eva = EE-vuh and Ava = A-vuh.

I personally prefer Ava.
Yup, what she said.

Same here

suzyq7896 · November 2010

I would say them the same. But I speak a little Spanish and live in an area where a good portion of the population speaks Spanish.

We know a little girl named Eva (Ee-va) and her parents constantly correct people about the pronunciation. I think it would depend on how familiar people are with Spanish in your area.

nix71909 · November 2010

i personally like ava...

NCMichelle · November 2010

My Eva (EE-va) was named for a family name... with Ava (AA-va) being so trendy right now, she is constantly called Ava.

Bexx24 · November 2010

I always pronounced Eva as ay-vuh. I didn't even realize people were spelling it Ava until I met a little girl with it spelled that way. I prefer Eva (ay-vuh) personally. It looks prettier. Just be ready to make a quick pronunciation correction somtimes. But it's not like it's weird to pronounce Eva like ay-vuh if that is what you'd like to do. Both pronounciations are acceptable.

MrsSonny24 · November 2010

alliejo725:

Among English-speakers, I'd say the vast majority of the time Eva = EE-vuh and Ava = A-vuh.

I personally prefer Ava.

I agree!

rsquaredr · November 2010

I pronounce Eva ee-vah and Ava ay-vah. And I prefer Eva.

veganxangel · November 2010

I pronounce Eva ee-vuh or eh-vuh (I have a cousin that pronounces it this way), and Ava I pronounce ah-vuh. I really dislike the ay-vuh pronunciation.

metzy144 · November 2010

alliejo725:

Among English-speakers, I'd say the vast majority of the time Eva = EE-vuh and Ava = A-vuh.

I personally prefer Ava.

This

MarSamWhitney · November 2010

alliejo725:

Among English-speakers, I'd say the vast majority of the time Eva = EE-vuh and Ava = A-vuh.

I personally prefer Ava.

Yup, she said it best!

skittleblu · November 2010

I pronounce Eva as EE-vuh, and I prefer this over Ava. Ava WAY too popular - yuck!

MelodyKate · November 2010

I think Eva can be pronounced either way (depending on the language you are speaking) but Ava is always Ay-va, so the pronunciation is never in question. If you want EE-va, go Eva, and if you want Ay-va, go Ava.

FWIW, they also mean different things. Eva is based on Eve (as in Adam and -) and Ava means "little bird" (like Aviation)

Ava is our first pick for a girl

waterfly · November 2010

$.02 from someone w/ Ava as a NN... In my experience, most people see "Ava" and pronounce it AYva. Personally, I prefer AHva, but I seem to be in the minority. I picked up pronouncing it this way because I first got the NN in Latin class in HS, and in Latin, A is always pronounced "ah"...if you want a long A sound, you use E...which means my first reaction to seeing "Eva" is often "AYva"(like Ms. Peron)...but since I don't associate with that name as strongly, I'm equally likely to pronounce it EEva.