Audio Name Pronunciation
Jim Gaven |
A recording introducing and pronouncing Jim Gaven.
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Jim Gaven: Hello, my name is Jim Gaven. It's spelled G-A-V-E-N. Everyone else wants to spell it G-A-V-I-N. Funny story about my name is it's actually derived from Ireland where it was spelled G-A-V-I-N before my ancestors came over on the boat to Ellis Island, and that is a true story. So whoever was at Ellis Island that was in taking everybody coming in off the boat from Ireland didn't put the dot above the I, and so it ended up changing to an E-N
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