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HelpRe: Name pronunciation?
in reply to a message by Egyptian Princess
I only ever thought it was pronounced Jay-ven. It would never occur to me to pronounce it Juh-vawn. Well, that's me. I don't know about anyone else and you say you know people who assumed it is Juh-vawn.
Even if some people do assume it's Juh-vawn, I would think that all it would take would be one correction and they'd pronounce it Jay-ven. This type of thing can happen with all sorts of names. I remember a Cynthia I knew in high school who absolutely positively did not want to be called Cindy. Some people would automatically call her Cindy and she'd have to correct them. Something sort of similar happens with my name, Janice. Some people hear it as Janet and start calling me that. Ninety-five percent of the time all it takes is one correction, but there have been a couple of people whom I've known who can't get it straight and continue to call me Janet! And I far far prefer Janice to Janet. But apparently my parents didn't think "No, we can't use Janice because some people will think it's Janet."
Anyhoo...just a long-winded way of saying that I don't think you should worry about it too much if you really love Javan. I think it's a nice name, by the way.
Even if some people do assume it's Juh-vawn, I would think that all it would take would be one correction and they'd pronounce it Jay-ven. This type of thing can happen with all sorts of names. I remember a Cynthia I knew in high school who absolutely positively did not want to be called Cindy. Some people would automatically call her Cindy and she'd have to correct them. Something sort of similar happens with my name, Janice. Some people hear it as Janet and start calling me that. Ninety-five percent of the time all it takes is one correction, but there have been a couple of people whom I've known who can't get it straight and continue to call me Janet! And I far far prefer Janice to Janet. But apparently my parents didn't think "No, we can't use Janice because some people will think it's Janet."
Anyhoo...just a long-winded way of saying that I don't think you should worry about it too much if you really love Javan. I think it's a nice name, by the way.
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