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Evelyn

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iamdivergent · 07/06/2014 13:05

There's just something about it I love atm...thoughts? Smile

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poorbuthappy · 08/06/2014 21:07

Love it.
Dd though ended up as Eve.
Evie sometimes!! Wink

ZenNudist · 08/06/2014 21:05

I think of Evelyn Waugh. Say Eevlin. Assumed you were asking about a boys name. It's nice for a girl too.

Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 08/06/2014 21:03

I have one so obviously I love it.. We do get a few pronunciation issues but never been too much of an issue. (We pronounce it Ev ah Lyn)

OublietteBravo · 08/06/2014 21:01

I love it (it is DDs middle name). We pronounce it Ev-ah-lyn.

KERALA1 · 08/06/2014 21:01

Too popular. This generations sarah. At one stage one third of the girls in dds class were called a variant of Eve. Drove me bonkers! "Mum can eve come to tea? Fell out with the other eve but blonde eve wanted to play but not Evie. She's too loud. I like Eva though" a aargh that name is full!

susiedaisy · 08/06/2014 20:33

I love it and pronounce it Ev uh Lin

FruitbatAuntie · 08/06/2014 20:31

I like it, it was my grandma's name though so that may have influenced me. She was an Evv-Lynn, not Eve-Lynn.

I didn't know that about Evelyn Waugh - that's very funny!

Montsti · 08/06/2014 18:41

I really don't get this name at all - maybe it's an association thing though as my mums best friend is Evelyn (Eva lyn not ev uh lyn) and, although she's great, I just think of a middle aged woman...also not keen on Eva/Evie..

afluffylamb · 08/06/2014 17:57

I love this name. It oozes elegance.

A childhood friend had it. Her nickname was "Evvy" (rhymes with "heavy").

SauceForTheGander · 07/06/2014 20:19

Oh good fact AllMimsy love that!

The boy Evelyn is pronounced differently to girl Evelyn - I always have to say in my head first - which is poor seeing as DD has it as middle name Blush

AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves · 07/06/2014 18:03

[Just to confuse matters, Evelyn Waugh's first wife was also called Evelyn. Their friends called them He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn. She ran off with someone called John and he later married a woman called Laura, which seems a more sensible arrangement.]

AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves · 07/06/2014 17:54

Genuine question - those of you who didn't realise it had been used as a boys' name in the past - have you not heard of Evelyn Waugh or did you think he was a she?

SauceForTheGander · 07/06/2014 16:34

DD's middle name - love it.

DramaAlpaca · 07/06/2014 16:34

I like it very much, pronounced your way.

SpottieDottie · 07/06/2014 16:32

I like it, plus the NN Evie.

RAFWife12 · 07/06/2014 16:32

Love it! It's in our top 3 if we have a girl!

Toapointlordcopper · 07/06/2014 16:31

DH vetoed me using this, but I still maintain its absolutely beautiful.

burgatroyd · 07/06/2014 16:27

I would avoid as the eve... Start is very popular at mo

TurquoiseDress · 07/06/2014 14:59

I think it's a beautiful name- didn't realise it was used for boys in the post!

Personally I wouldn't use it as the different ways it can be pronounced would just annoy me!

Effic · 07/06/2014 14:47

I love it ..... but that really doesn't matter! If you love it then that's the one!

Alisvolatpropiis · 07/06/2014 14:45

Eevlin.

I always thought Evelyn Waugh was Evlin

Alisvolatpropiis · 07/06/2014 14:44

I would say

squoosh · 07/06/2014 14:06

It depends on your accent I suppose. I know a few Irish Evelyns who are most definitely ev-uh-lins, not evlins.

AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves · 07/06/2014 14:02

Evelyn Waugh's name was pronounced Eevlin.

Evelyn Glennie (Scottish percussionist, female) is pronounced Evlin.

Interesting that you are all assuming the second e is pronounced in some way.

squoosh · 07/06/2014 13:48

The Ev-uh-lin pronunciation is much nicer than Eve-a-lin.