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Hm, that's a tough one but I think it really depends on the name. Most of the time I would say go with the original, people will catch hold eventually. Unless of course it sounds ridiculous/its just too hard with someone's accent (having flashbacks to my aunt's mother with the thick southern accent trying to call my call my cousins Lucien and Henri by their French names, *shudders*) Because accents can really make a lot of difference. For example: I am assuming you are American, but yet we say Sarah two different ways (I say SAH-ra, you say SAIR-ah). So I guess I would use the correct pronunciation for the region I was in (aka zson-vee-EV in New England, jen-a-veev in the south, for Genevieve)