Covey Pronunciation

Girl Names
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Covey
  • Ku-vee
  • Ko-vee
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I am LOVING this name for a girl, my new favorite. I am a little worried about pronunciation issues. I personally would want it pronounced (edit) KUH-VEE. I am wondering with [name_u]Cove[/name_u] becoming more popular if more people would pronounce it Ko-vee and she would constantly be correcting people. However with our son (some have had pronunciation issues even though it is pretty straight forward), it takes people once and they know it.

Thanks!

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I could see this being pronounced both ways. I voted for Ko-vee though because it was instinctively what I thought it was first.

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I would pronounce it Ku-vee because that was the last name of the main character in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. I’m not sure how strong that association is. If it’s strong, I’d recommend keeping Covey in the middle no matter how you pronounce it.

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I admit I’d pronounce it wrong, but as you say, it’s easy to correct

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Same here

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My MIL’s name is [name_f]Carol[/name_f]. I was thinking Covey [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] or Covey [name_f]Carolina[/name_f]. [name_m]Even[/name_m] though the response overwhelmingly says Ko-vee there are Ku-vees out there after some research. What’s one more child to correct the pronunciation.

Covey [name_f]Lovey[/name_f] :heart: or Cov [name_u]Love[/name_u] are cute family pet names. Thank you for your feedback!

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I read it as “[name_u]Cove[/name_u]-ee” and instantly thought of Covid, sorry :grimacing:

Is it a family name? I’m just wondering if respelling to make pronunciation more intuitive would be an option. Couvey or Coovey, maybe?

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I actually first read it as ko-vay

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I did think of the COVID reference but maybe less with Kuh-vee. This will be a 2022 baby hopefully! Those make me say coo-vey, not quite what I am going for. Like I said, I don’t mind reminding people, we do it with my son Icem the first time they see it. I was just interested to see responses.

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Definitely, if I heard KUH-vee I wouldn’t think of it, but reading Covey that’s just where my brain went.

And apologies, I misunderstood your explanation of the pronunciation :flushed: I thought you wanted COO-vee, but it’s more like CUV-ee, rhymes with lovey? Got it!

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Yes! Sorry, I went and edited the main post. Darn polls won’t let you edit. Missed the h when I typed it.

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I totally agree with the Covid reference and to me I think phonetically I can’t come up with covey being pronounced kuh-vee.

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First pronunciation that come up on a google search and multiple last names including [name_m]Stephen[/name_m] Covey - 7 habits of highly effective people. Kuh-vee doesn’t make me think of COVID which is good :slight_smile:

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My instinct was to pronounce it kuh-vee, rhyming with lovey! I also didn’t think of Covid at all.