I thought it *was *pronounced X-avier. Can’t say I’ve ever heard anyone say Zavier before, it’s always X-avier. Like the “X-Men” character.
My neighbor was Xavier, pronounced Zayvier. My brother never got it and always called him Ex-zayvier. Drove me crazy but Xavier never said a word.
Nope. X-Men got it wrong. There are several American universities with the name Xavier in their names. They’re all “Zayvier.” Francis Xavier is “Zayvier” in English.
Oh, thanks for that. 'Cause that wasn’t addictive at all.
There was an episode of The PJs in which one of the characters dubbed himself “Chief Grand Cherokee Fully Loaded” during a camping trip.
I wanted to name my two girls simple names like Margaret, Audrey, Elizabeth. I did not figure out my first daughters name until the night before I was due for a c-section. I was with some family members, and they would put names in a hat, and then pull them out, and we all would rate the name. I settled on Raina Katherine. It is different, but not that different. It is very common in Hispanic families, and also Russia (My kid is neither). I still love it, and so does she.
For the second girl, I had the named picked out for months. Reese Elisabeth. I fell victim to the trend of naming your daughter a boys name - I also considered Spencer. It is not that I do not like the name anymore, I just wished I had thought about it more.
I loved that show. Everyone had funny names in that series. Did not last long, but I liked it a lot. I grew up int the PJs, and I thought it was hilarious. 
I wasn’t even really thinking of her dying; I was thinking more of the possibility of her turning heel. “Sorry, honey - at the time you were born, only five books were out, and Arya Stark hadn’t started skinning puppies yet.” 
One of the folks on a Facebook group I belong to just revealed his daughters’ names: Annaleagh, Kayeleagh, Kimberleagh, and Apryl. He has a son named Keven. I am both dreading and eagerly anticipating the revelation of their middle names, which- with any luck- are no doubt equally as horrific.
[retch]
That’s making my inner Grammar Nazi twitch.
I’d pronounce those Annalee-aggh, Kayelee-aggh, Kimberlee-aggh, and Ape-rile. “Aggh” as in a frustrated sound.
He must have died while naming them.
I enjoy the ones named Neveah. Should have filled out the form before they gave you the meds.
Or, it could be a transcription error.
My birth certificate ended up with a typo on it, which I had corrected later. It didn’t cost anything, because I could show I’d always used the spelling my parents intended, and it was clearly a transcription error at some point. All I had to pay for was the new copy of the certificate I was issued. It wasn’t the same as changing my name (which had been my fear, and the reason I put off doing it for a long time), because it wasn’t my fault it was originally misspelled.
How is one to pronounce “Neveah”?
I know someone whose dad actually misspelled his name on his son’s birth certificate. So my friend is named Rodger instead of Roger.
My mom and dad agreed finally on an invented name, but disagreed on the spelling.
Dad was the one who registered me. His spelling won. 
We have a Xion as well as a Zion, both pronounced the same way. We also have Zackies, whose mom gets upset if you don’t automatically pronounce it like “Zacchaeus.” I understand that the original is hard to spell, but don’t blame me if I look at your kid’s name and assume it’s pronounced as spelled. I was assuming he’d be “Zack” by now, but it’s been almost a full school year and that’s not happening.
I would pronounce it Nivea. As in Nivea.
Funny story: one night a couple of years back, Mrs. Homie and I were discussing kids’ names (we don’t, and won’t, have kids) and the names we’d have ultimately given our kids if we’d had them.
For a boy, I suggested Benjamin Elias [Ourlastname]. Benjamin is a Biblical name (I like Biblical names) that is neither common (like Matthew or Mark) nor obscure (like Hezekiah or Gomer). Elias is the middle name of a man I greatly admire (Walter Elias Disney). Since “Ben” doesn’t work with our last name, I suggested we’d call him “Eli.” Mrs. Homie was having none of that. We bantered around back & forth for a bit and reached a compromise: Elias William [Ourlastname], and we’d call him “Will.”
On to girls’ names. This was much easier. I suggested Grace Louise [Ourlastname]. I love the name “Grace”; it has a Biblical ring to it, and it’s neither trendy (like Ashley or Mackenzie) nor old-lady (like Agnes or Myrtle); Louise is my mom’s middle name. Mrs. Homie suggested “Holly Grace [Ourlastname];” Holly is the name of a friend we went to college with, who died in a car accident. However, “Holly [Ourlastname]” doesn’t really work, so we’d officially name her “Holly Grace [Ourlastname]” and call her “Grace.”
About an hour (and a couple of bong hits) later, out of nowhere it occurred to me: our hypothetical kids are Will & Grace.