Thoughts on the Name Synnove? How do you Pronounce?

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How do you Pronounce Synnove?
I have never heard of it until recently.

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I’m probably wrong, as I often am in my intuitive pronunciation but I would say “sin-oh-vee” or “sin-ohv”. Sounds scientific. Reminds me of synapse

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I’d say it sin-oh-vee but only because sin-ohv sounds worse. I don’t like either way.

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Hmm… my first instinct was to pronounce it sin-oh-vay

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Sin-oh-vee

I think it could grow on me

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I only know it as Synnøve, in which case I’d pronounce it as See-neuf (like [name_u]French[/name_u]) - uh

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I’d say sin-oh-vee

Agree with this

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It looks very Scandinavian to me. I wouldn’t be sure how to pronounce it. If I saw it IRL, I would ask the person how they pronounce it, because it’s probably not what I would expect.

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My instinct would be suhn-aw-vuh, pronouncing it in line with a lot of Scandinavian pronunciation conventions. I think it’s because the -ove ending reminds me of Tove (taw-vuh). I actually really like it, though I must confess, it makes me think of synapses.

If it’s actually spelt Synnøve, I would say it more like suhn-eu-vuh.

Like this:

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id pronounce it SUHN-oh-vuh, similar to [name_f]Sunniva[/name_f] on second thought

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