How to pronounce Avi

[name_m]How[/name_m] would you pronounce [name_u]Avi[/name_u]?
I am thinking like [name_u]Abby[/name_u] with a v but are people going to look at it and say aw-vee?

My first instinct was to pronounce it like [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-vee.

I think I know two men named [name_u]Avi[/name_u], and they both say “[name_m]Ah[/name_m]-vee.” It’s a great name!

It’s definitely “[name_m]Ah[/name_m]-vee”. It’s a common Hebrew nickname for many names, it also means ‘my father’.

I say it like ay-vee

ah as in father or ah as in dad?

I pronounce it [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-vee, I love the name [name_u]Avi[/name_u]!

@mellie0115

Definitely “ah” as in father.

[name_u]Avi[/name_u] is pronounced [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-vee.

[name_m]AH[/name_m]-vee. [name_u]Love[/name_u] his books! :slight_smile:

OK, ah-vee it is. Thanks for your opinions guys!