Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

How would you pronounce Evelyn

69 replies

Twogirlsandme · 23/04/2018 22:31

Eve Lin or Ever Lin?

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Belindabauer · 29/04/2018 09:04

I liked this when I was pregnant undecided against it becayse;
A, I wasn't sure if it's me or female ( as in the author)
B, the pronunciation issue.

I've heard it pronounced as
Eve-lyn
Ever- line
Ever-lyn
Eve-ur-lyn.
I actually would have chosen the latter but realised other people would pronounce it it different ways.

Dixiestampsagain · 27/04/2018 18:36

It’s a bit like Groundhog Day, this thread...

goose1964 · 27/04/2018 14:15

Eve-lin but I suspect there may be a regional aspect to this

LiviaAD · 27/04/2018 14:10

Ev - Lin, where are so many finding the r from?

Bubblesandsquarks · 27/04/2018 13:41

Eh- va -lin (south west) probably depends on the accent a lot too.

pipilangstrumpf · 27/04/2018 13:38

They completely fail to grasp that to those us who do pronounce the letter r this is incredibly distracting.

Exactly. When I see Ever-lin, I want to say Ever-lin and not Eveh-lin!

BigGapMum · 27/04/2018 12:56

I know a Eve Lyn and an Eva Lyn, both spelt as Evelyn.
Take your pick!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 27/04/2018 12:56

Pretty sure Evelyn Waugh pronounced it Eevlin. He was male.

Don't know how his first wife pronounced it. She was also called Evelyn. They were known as He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn. They split up. Don't know if the name thing was a factor.

Anyway, I digress. I'd probably assume Eevlin first of all, but I've come across both Ehvlin and Evalinn.

(People are saying Everlin because most English people don't pronounce the r in Ever so to them it sounds the same as Evah. They completely fail to grasp that to those us who do pronounce the letter r this is incredibly distracting.)

UrbiEtOrbi · 27/04/2018 12:51

Was my mum's name: eve lin. eve to rhyme with 'leave'

pipilangstrumpf · 27/04/2018 12:49

Isn't it Ev-eh-lin? And not Ev-er-lin?!

pipilangstrumpf · 27/04/2018 12:48

Why do some of you add an R?

ooobisto · 27/04/2018 12:43

Ever-lin

BasicBetty · 27/04/2018 12:42

Eve-Lin IMO, but girl in DD's class is Ever-lin

CatchingBabies · 27/04/2018 12:39

My Evelyn has always been Ev-uh-lyn, never had to correct the pronunciation in 6 years as everyone has always said it that way.

kaytee87 · 27/04/2018 12:26

Ev-eh-lin

There's no R in it

tellitlikeitispls · 27/04/2018 12:19

My stepmum is EEEVELIN (born in the North East if that makes a difference) although she hates it so much she's been called by her middle name since she was a child. I personally quite like it, no idea why she detests it so much!

Flossie4 · 27/04/2018 12:17

Eeeeve lin.

Alexia05 · 27/04/2018 12:15

Well, it's a very common name were I live cause we have a lot of French names. So I would pronounce it the French way: Ev-e-lyn, with a non-loud 'e' in the middle like 'uh'.
In English I say Ev-lyn. Not Eve-lyn. That just doesn't sound natural to me.
Pretty name by the way.

Tumbleted · 25/04/2018 19:47

Just realised I hadn’t given my take🤦🏻‍♀️

Ev-uh-lyn but the UH not obvious if you get what I mean

Tumbleted · 25/04/2018 19:45

I don’t think she said that it ‘universally’ does Lipstick

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 25/04/2018 19:15

What are you fucksaking about Rebecca?Yes I’m aware of accents and regional differences
But that in its self doesnt mean Evelyn is universally pronounced Ever-Lin

AppleFlapjack · 25/04/2018 10:58

The only ones I know are pronounced Eva-Lin

kokolokoko · 25/04/2018 10:58

Ever-lin

RebeccaCloud9 · 25/04/2018 09:34

Eve lin is a boy's name
Evvuhlin is a girl's name

I think of Evelyn Glennie and Evelyn Waugh to help me remember which is which.

RebeccaCloud9 · 25/04/2018 09:33

Oh ffs there's always one who asks about the r. er is just one phoneme without a separate r for lots and lots of people. Have you seriously never heard anyone in rl or on tv who doesn't have a rhotic accent?

Swipe left for the next trending thread