Liv is pronounced like "Leave" (as in "I want to leave"), not like "Leafe".
-a guy in Liv's native Norway

Well, the English 'v' isn't pronounced exactly like the Norwegian 'v'.
The English 'v' is a voiced labiodental fricative, and the Norwegian 'v' is a labiodental approximant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_labiodental_fricative
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labiodental_approximant
So to a Norwegian's ear, the English 'v' can sometimes sound a bit like an 'f'.
(The 'f' is by the way a voiceless labiodental fricative in both languages.)
I guess all that was really confusing, but never mind, keep pronouncing 'Liv' as 'leave'. That is perfectly fine.

I'm not sure about other dialects but in mine and most I have heard the "ve" is pronounced in the same manner as a Norwegian "v" and not like an "f". Are you not confusing "leave" with "leaves" which some pronounce as "leafs"?
"Nothings gonna change my world!"

yeah. "leave" is close enough, but the "ve" shouldnt sound so much like an "f" if u get what I mean

thank you!
"Other than thatlifes a bowl of Palmolive and I'm soaking in it"

In Norway it is pronounced like "leave"
Won`t you scratch my itch, sweet Annie Rich.