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[Opinions] Is this how Eva is pronounced in USA?

by Ylva

9/22/2005, 3:46 PM

I though Eva was pronounced as EE-va, and Ava as AY-va?

I prefer Ava, since I think the pronounciation is always AY-va.

Though here in Sweden I prefer Eva, but here it is pronounced as EH-va.

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- ErinM27

9/23/2005, 11:52 AM

I've known people named Eva in the U.S. who pronounce it EE-va and others who pronounce it EH-va. Personally, I pronounce it as EH-va b/c the first person I met with that name pronounced it this way. But I have never heard Eva pronounced as AY-va.

- Tate (pnysmkr)

9/22/2005, 7:33 PM

My great-grandma's name is Eva and she pronounces it as EE-va, so thats the way that I have always seen it.

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- Vesta (VestellaContessa)

9/22/2005, 5:57 PM

My best friend is from Buenos Aires and that's how she pronounces it.

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