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Agape is a Latin first name (and a word) from the Greek áãÜðç (agapi, with EE sound and the second syllable stressed: ah-GAH-pee).

In Latin the pronunciation is ah-GAH-peh, not pey. In some romance languages the word is pronounced with the first syllable stressed: AH-gah-peh. In English, it is possible to pronounce with the first or the second syllable stressed (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=agape).

But, regarding the wovel sound, the Spanish pronunciation of the wovels is as Latin pronunciation (the Catalan pronunciation is different, f. e.). For this, Magia's explanation about PEH and not PEY is completely correct.
And the Greek pronunciation could be ah-GAH-pee, not ah-GAH-pey.

• How do you pronounce Agape? nt - Ciarda85  May 5 2005, 10:13:16 PM
  • Re: How do you pronounce Agape? nt - Ivayla  May 6 2005, 10:34:48 PM
    • You're correct, it is : ) nt - Dayna  May 7 2005, 12:07:51 PM
  • There's a salon in the area... - Array  May 6 2005, 6:08:34 AM
    • Miranda is right. There is a second chuch at my church that is named that. - Siri  May 7 2005, 5:12:48 PM
      • I love to be credited, but not for things I didn't say ;-) nt - Miranda  May 9 2005, 2:25:07 PM
    • Yes, but no "pay"... - Magia  May 6 2005, 9:09:05 PM
      • Yes, but Agape is Greek, not Spanish :-) nt - Chrisell  May 6 2005, 9:34:43 PM
        • The pronunciation of Agape (a Latin name from the Greek word) :) - Lumia  May 7 2005, 3:22:22 AM
    • Array's pronunciation is correct -- nt - Daividh  May 6 2005, 8:02:37 AM
      • ah-GAH-pay is the standard US pronunc -- ask any clergyman -- nt - Daividh  May 7 2005, 9:05:36 AM
    • and a coffee shop around here pronounced the same way :P nt - iris  May 6 2005, 7:58:55 AM