How to pronounce Cheves?

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Pronunciation of Cheves in Newport News, Virginia, U. S. A., family from South Carolina

Cheves is pronounced as

ch ih v ih s

ch sounds like the 'ch' in 'chin'
ih sounds like the 'i' in 'it'
v sounds like the 'v' in 'very'
s sounds like the 's' in 'so'


Cheves is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ ch ih v ih s ]

ch ih v ih s
chin it very it so

Type of Name:

Surname

Language:

Scottish

Additional Information:

Name of a notable South Carolina family, including Langdon Cheves (1776-1857), former Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Cheves in Newport News, Virginia, U. S. A., family from South Carolina

TCHIV-iss

"Tchiv" rhymes with "give"
"-iss" rhymes with the last syllable of "practice"


Type of Name:

Surname

Language:

Scottish

Additional Information:

Name of a notable South Carolina family, including Langdon Cheves (1776-1857), former Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Cheves

Say Cheese and put a “v” between the two “e’s”.


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