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Do you think Yves (EE-v) is usable in the US as a male first name? If you're not French? Do you think of the designer?
This message was edited 9/8/2014, 8:57 AM
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Probably not usable. I'm in a French-speaking area (for new posters), and know plenty of men/boys named Yves, but I don't think it's worth the trouble to name a boy that, in an English-speaking place.
I don't think of the designer, though.
I've heard English-speakers pronounce it "Why-viss".
Sometimes it's a hyphenated name, usually Jean-Yves.
I don't think of the designer, though.
I've heard English-speakers pronounce it "Why-viss".
Sometimes it's a hyphenated name, usually Jean-Yves.
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No. Ives would be pronounced to rhyme with knives or wives, because most Americans are familiar with the Currier and Ives artwork, Burl Ive's music, and the little riddle about as I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives.
Yves would be somewhat better because Yves St. Laurent is familiar to lots of Americans, however it would sound like Eve.
I'd advise against it.
Yves would be somewhat better because Yves St. Laurent is familiar to lots of Americans, however it would sound like Eve.
I'd advise against it.
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Yes. As long as, as a parent, you are the type of person who can handle a bit of correcting/teaching people without getting your knickers in a bunch.
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Not the way you want it to be pronounced. I forsee it being pronounced Eye-vz.
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I would keep saying Ives as /EYE vs/, like the singer Burl Ives. Yves like Yves St. Laurent would /EEV/. But then, it could fall into the same category as Channel, Dior, Armani, etc.
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