Behind the Name: Comments for the name Eva

Comments for EVA:

In German, Eva is pronounced as EH-fa. [noted -ed]

-- Anonymous User 5/25/2006

Listen to the German pronunciation of Eva here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html

-- _satu_ 9/3/2006

I was born in the mid-50s, and my parents named me after a relative who pronounced this name "Eh-vah." I've had a lifetime correcting people. Glad to hear my family's pronunciation is catching on.

Ironically, the relative was from my father's side of the family (English/German) but that pronunciation is closer to Italian, and my mother's family is mostly Italian.

-- ewhitley 2/15/2007

Pronounced as "Ah-va".

-- Karcoolka 5/13/2007

Actually, in Spanish the pronunciation is EH-bah. Spanish doesn't make a distinction between the sound of b and v, both graphemes correspond with the /b/ phoneme.

-- caoilainn 1/24/2010

Pronounced more like EH-vah in Spanish. Could be a nickname for Evelina.

-- mariej2 5/5/2010

I pronounce it ee-va. If you want ay-va, that's Ava.

-- Oohvintage 1/13/2013

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