How to pronounce Avaya

harm2 · June 2012

I read it AH VAY AH and like it if that's how it's said, but I am thinking it could be AH VAI AH. How do you read it?

ObLaDi · June 2012

I'd pronounce it ah-VAY-ah, rhyming with Nevaeh (eek), but I'd be guessing.

MrsTBird · June 2012

I also pronounced it Ah-Vay-Ah.

JeepersWife · June 2012

I said it Ah-vI-ah...

Aligator28 · June 2012

I would pronounce it ah-vay-ah

candaceleigh21 · June 2012

A-VAY-ah

MrsAngel2008 · June 2012

I say it with "vi" (as in violet) in the middle...but that's b/c this is the name of the phone system we use at work, and that's how it is pronounced. I haven't heard of it as a name for a person before, so I automatically think of the phones.

TarHeels&Rebels · June 2012

I'm not sure if you're considering it or if you just saw it somewhere, but it's the name of a telecom company for businesses - VOIP phones, voicemail systems, etc. Anyone in IT would know it immediately. That company pronounces it Uh-vai-uh.