https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 03:36:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce/page/2#post-630619 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:55:59 +0000 matador84 630619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a lot of student with the name Xavier-they go by the ex a vier...but some go by zay for short. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-630594 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:51:01 +0000 pui 630594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ZAYV-yur </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-630578 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:46:41 +0000 crabbabs 630578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really liked this name for a while - but I pronounce it the french way: Ks-a- vee-ay<br /> Here is an audio version: <a href="http://french.about.com/library/media/wavs/Xavier.wav" rel="nofollow">http://french.about.com/library/media/wavs/Xavier.wav</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629693 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:01:01 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 629693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zavier </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629690 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:53:56 +0000 Penny Lane 629690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted ha-vee-air, but I could also see myself saying it with a Z also </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629681 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:41:15 +0000 anonysquire 629681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zavy air </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629680 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:40:12 +0000 Boogs 629680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With an X. I knew some with that name and that's how it was pronounced. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629652 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:20:27 +0000 SweetMamaM 629652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: haha that was my first thought - Ex-zavier, like the Professor. &lt;3 it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629589 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:42:04 +0000 EBSC 629589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zay-vier. No X. I think I'm influenced by the school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629295 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:08:57 +0000 MamaCate 629295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zavier, like the school and the saint, although i think the saint might have been french so who knows how he really said it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629278 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:04:27 +0000 pastemoo 629278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ZAY-vi-ur or Javier (spanish way)--depending on context/last name/if it's baseball </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629269 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:01:45 +0000 yellowbird 629269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Z way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629207 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:42:22 +0000 photojane 629207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"Ex-ZAY-vi-ur" - I've never actually heard it pronounced the other ways! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629192 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:35:57 +0000 bpcmarj 629192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always the X way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629188 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:33:32 +0000 Mrs. Pen 629188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh wow I thought I was "normal"!! I pronounce it the second way - with a Z. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629186 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:32:50 +0000 Boheme 629186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zavier. I like it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629149 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:17:45 +0000 tequiero21 629149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With an x! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629042 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:32:10 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 629042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have always pronounced it Ex-ZAY-vi-ur. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-629038 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:30:34 +0000 MrsKoala 629038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love love love this name, BTW.... trying to get DH to move it from possible middle names to possible first names on our list.</p> <p>ETA: I'm from New England. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628906 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:55:36 +0000 lovehoneybee 628906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zavier </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628898 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:49:43 +0000 Dandelion 628898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I messed up. I meant to put the first one, but I clicked the second one. Not sure why, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628857 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:24:51 +0000 Foodnerd81 628857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I've got LOTS of random pet peeves, but grammar or misusing words is one of mine, so I'd rather it get pointed out than just annoy people :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628849 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:19:43 +0000 oliviaoblivia 628849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: no worries, updated my post as well. It's just a pet peeve of mine. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628842 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:14:46 +0000 Bao 628842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628840 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:13:21 +0000 Foodnerd81 628840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Oops-- thanks for pointing that out. Corrected it in the post!</p> <p>@cascademom: I've always heard it with the X when I hear of St. Francis Xavier, but I think it might be regional. I like both ways though, so it's not like it would drive me totally nuts to hear it with the Z. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628833 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:11:25 +0000 autumnlove 628833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628816 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:03:29 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 628816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zavier </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628814 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:00:07 +0000 cascademom 628814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: interesting about Weber State. I've always done the z pronunciation. A family friend named his kid it with a X pronunciation because of X-men. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628800 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:55:03 +0000 googly-eyes 628800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Either the first or second way, usually the second even though it doesn't make much sense now that I think about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce#post-628798 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:54:43 +0000 oliviaoblivia 628798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First way. I'm Spanish-American living in Canada. </p>