Eva or Ava?

ams8099 · November 2010

DH and I are at odds on how to spell Eva/Ava (AY-vah)

I think Ava. DH thinks Eva. I think Eva will be said as E-Vah.

What are your thoughts?

HappyMrsK · November 2010

I think if you are going for the "Ay-va" pronounciation then you should use Ava. I would pronounce Eva like Ee-va (like in Eve.)

strangebird · November 2010

On the contrary, Eva is alternately pronounced EE-vah, or in Spanish-speaking communities (or to those familiar with Spanish) it can be pronounced AY-vah. I'm sure there are some parents out there who use Eva and want it pronounced EHV-ah, too, though I usually see that spelled Evah.

If you want to reduce confusion, go with Ava. No one will mispronounce it.

If you're Hispanic, go with Eva, but understand that a fair number of people unfamiliar with the Spanish pronunciation will pronounce it EE-vah.

citychicks · November 2010

Eva is the German way of spelling "Ava." But personally, I think you will spend your life correcting people if you spell it Eva in the US. It's up to you.

ReniaB · November 2010

HappyMrsK:
I think if you are going for the "Ay-va" pronounciation then you should use Ava. I would pronounce Eva like Ee-va (like in Eve.)

this

SuzyQ2009 · November 2010

ava, love it!

EastCoastBride · November 2010

HappyMrsK:
I think if you are going for the "Ay-va" pronounciation then you should use Ava. I would pronounce Eva like Ee-va (like in Eve.)

Here in the U.S., this.

sunnyday016 · November 2010

In the US, Ava=Ay-vah and Eva= EE-vah.

waterfly · November 2010

strangebird:
If you want to reduce confusion, go with Ava. No one will mispronounce it.

Unless they've met me, or some other person who goes by AH-vah Wink

But the folks who pronounce it this way are definitely in the minority...

strangebird · November 2010

waterfly:
strangebird:
If you want to reduce confusion, go with Ava. No one will mispronounce it.
Unless they've met me, or some other person who goes by AH-vah
But the folks who pronounce it this way are definitely in the minority...

LOL. But you're an exception to the rule. Even if I had met you and you pronounce it AH-vah, I'm still going to assume that nearly all of the Avas I meet pronounce their name AY-vah: )

vanceandlori · November 2010

I would go with Ava just to be on the safe side.

karebear428 · November 2010

HappyMrsK:
I think if you are going for the "Ay-va" pronounciation then you should use Ava. I would pronounce Eva like Ee-va (like in Eve.)

This exactly.

moseyma · November 2010

I would think that Ava would be less likely to be mispronounced, considering it is the #5 most popular name in the US.

FemmeNat01 · November 2010

Ay-vah is Ava

Ee-vah/Eh-vah is Eva

still_a_bride · November 2010

I pronounce Eva like "EE-vuh" whereas I pronounce Ava "AY-vuh"

biblionerd · November 2010

I wouldn't have thought to pronounce Eva as Ay-vuh, so I vote Ava.

rsquaredr · November 2010

sunnyday016:
In the US, Ava=Ay-vah and Eva= EE-vah.

This. I prefer Eva, as in EE-vah.

kizz11 · November 2010

ava

Calla123 · November 2010

I would spell it Ava.

We are going with Eva but pronouncing it Ee-vah?

alliejo725 · November 2010

While Eva can legitimately be pronounced ay-vuh, the only no-fail spelling for that pronunciation is Ava.

strangexbird · November 2010

For the sake of all other non-Hispanic Eva-folk out there (I'm an Eva (E-Vah), please spell it Ava if you want people to call her Ay-Vah.

MrsFelts · November 2010

Ava. She won't have to correct people for the rest of her life about how to pronounce her name.

j_hope · November 2010

strangexbird:
For the sake of all other non-Hispanic Eva-folk out there (I'm an Eva (E-Vah), please spell it Ava if you want people to call her Ay-Vah.

100% agree. DH and I LOVE the name Eva (E-vah), but we didn't want to have people mispronouce her name and have to correct people her entire life. Because of this, we chose an entirely different name for DD #2 (

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