Name spelling

[sms89]

Hi there,
Hubby and I have settled on a girl's name- it's pronounced Ayvin. I'm just not sure how I want to spell it.
I want to spell it Aven, but I'm concerned she'll have problems with people pronouncing it like Avon (like Avon Descent, not the cosmetics company- soft 'a'). So I was thinking Aiven makes it a bit clearer?

What do you think?
-Aven
-Aiven

[ScubaGal]

Aiven.
Or Ayvin.

[Tinkers]

Lovely.
Avyn is an option too.

[CMF]

I would just spell it Aven. I don't think there's much that can go wrong with the pronunciation. Aiven is ok-ish, but I think Aven looks nicer.

Anything with a Y in there looks ridiculous and youneek IMO.

[Mod-Degrassi]

Keep it simple, go with Aven.

[Lincolns mummy]

I would go Aven.
To be honest I think she will always be telling people how to spell and pronounce her name.

[BabyG4]

Looking at it I would pronounce Aven like Oven but with an A so if you want the the 'Ay' sound I would spell it Aiven or Ayven.

[TortoiseNotTheHare]

Agree with BabyG4. I would go Aiven or Ayven because I read it as ah-ven.

[DT75]

Aiven is lovely.

People have pronounced my name incorrectly, all my life (It's a 4 letter name, with 2 pronunciations).
Even after mum added a 'y' (informally), people still got it wrong.

It has never, ever, bothered me, and has just become routine to say, "Oh, it's X", and people usually get it soon after.

[Explora]

I would go with Aven.
It follows the same spelling/pronunciation rules as Haven and Raven...when I read it, I pronounced it "ayven", so I don't think you can really go wrong with Aven.
It's nice