Help with pronunciation - how would you say it?

[parky]

We have had our baby girls first name picked out for a few months but have been really struggling to agree on a middle name as there aren't any family names we like - I wanted something with meaning or something that is specific to us - my husband is from the Isle of Man and we both like the name 'meave' which is listed on the ' Manx girls names ' list but I'm a little worried people will mispronounce it

How would you say it?

 

[Varenne]

To rhyme with leave

 

[JJKCB]

MAY-V

my OH friend has a similar name but with an N on the end and its pronounced MAY-V-EN

its a very short sharp V sound with no E sound

 

[cookette]

I automatically say "meeve."

 

[mummyfin]

Like Maeve.

 

[LoveSanrio]

Meeve

 

[Dime Cuando]

I'd also rhyme it with 'leave'....pronouncing it as Meeve.

 

[hubblybubbly]

Meave spelt like that I'd pronounce like leave.
Maeve I would pronounce like cave.
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[SweetWitch]

I'd also rhyme it with 'leave'....pronouncing it as Meeve.

Same.

 

[Eleanor ace]

Meave spelt like that I'd pronounce like leave.
Maeve I would pronounce like cave.
X

This.

 

[ILoveShoes]

I would say it to rhyme with 'rave' but probably only coz I've not heard it to rhyme with 'leave' xx

 

[JaeSung]

Meave spelt like that I'd pronounce like leave.
Maeve I would pronounce like cave.
X

Same here.

 

[MeAndMyShadow]

Like Mave-pretty name x

 

[xjesx]

Meave spelt like that I'd pronounce like leave.
Maeve I would pronounce like cave.
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This.

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same

 

[Boo44]

Meave spelt like that I'd pronounce like leave.
Maeve I would pronounce like cave.
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same

Yup

I think it's really clear it's obviously not 'meeve' due to the spelling

 

[cookette]

Meave spelt like that I'd pronounce like leave.
Maeve I would pronounce like cave.
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Yup

I think it's really clear it's obviously not 'meeve' due to the spelling

lol, obvious? Replace the M with a L and you have Leave, hence why some thought it would be said as such.

But perhaps Im just dense

 

[Boo44]

Meave spelt like that I'd pronounce like leave.
Maeve I would pronounce like cave.
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same

Yup

I think it's really clear it's obviously not 'meeve' due to the spelling

lol, obvious? Replace the M with a L and you have Leave, hence why some thought it would be said as such.

But perhaps Im just dense

No because leave has the e before the a, and maeve is the a before the e! So it's not the same

 

[Boo44]

Ooh can I just apologise I misread the OP post!! I thought she was checking the pronunciation of Maeve

I didn't realise Meave was a name

So not obvious at all then!!

 

[LadyMuck80]

It would be my ignorance, but I would think it was Maeve mis-spelt.

 

[Lara310809]

Maeve like Mayv
Meave like leave

However I read the name and read it as Maeve, so I instantly said Mayv. I think if you name your daughter Meave, you'll encounter this problem a lot because the name Maeve (Mayv) is more well known.