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How many Evelyn's do you know?

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oplums · 26/10/2018 20:02

How many do you know?
Is the only (inevitable) nn Evie? :/

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Zhampagne · 01/07/2020 19:41

😂 at least she hasn’t changed in two years!

QueenCuntyFlippers · 01/07/2020 19:22

Ha! I must have been on 'threads I'm on' and thought it was new. 😂😂 it's true though, she's lovely 😂😂

Zhampagne · 01/07/2020 18:56

@QueenCuntyFlippers I noticed your name asi scrolled down - you commented on this thread first time around in 2018!

Potter4321 · 01/07/2020 18:52

None
North West.

RuthW · 01/07/2020 16:32

I don't know any. I love the name but the different ways of saying it put me off.

Eve-lyn
Ever - lyn
Ev-lyn

Which one were you thinking?

LuckyAmy1986 · 01/07/2020 14:39

None, but many Evies and Evas

Maduixa · 01/07/2020 13:43

3 adults: one Eva (EH-vah), one Evy (EH-vee), and one whose name must not be shortened.

1 child: Evelyn or Evvie (but she's not yet school age so not sure what they will ask for her to be called at school).

Adelais · 01/07/2020 13:20

I know one baby called Evelyn

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I don't actually know any Evelyn's

QueenCuntyFlippers · 30/06/2020 20:29

1, she's gorgeous :)

sheldonstwin · 28/10/2018 11:01

one: Evelyn Waugh and he was a bloke.

Cookit · 28/10/2018 10:56

About three, two aged 2 and one aged about 5.

HeronLanyon · 28/10/2018 09:37

3 - one older adult never shortened. The other two are under 6 and both ‘Evie’ at the moment. I love the name. I love it most unshortened.

namechangedtoday15 · 28/10/2018 09:34

Quite a few here (Cheshire). Mostly pre-school age although there are also lots of Evie's in my DC primary school. I love the name but it's very popular at the moment - when combined with the number of Evies it's by far the number 1 common name at the no here.

seething1234 · 28/10/2018 09:21

Quite a few, popular name here in Ireland. Went to school with a few (all in their 30s now). Pn Ev-elyn. I've never ever heard the name been shortened to anything even in the school yard.

17caterpillars1mouse · 28/10/2018 09:15

I know three. Two are 2 and one is 1 :)

All go by Evelyn pronounced ever-lyn. I don't know if that will change once they start school though

umberellaonesie · 27/10/2018 20:32

1 adult who gets her full name but I only know her professionaly. 1 baby who I call Evie which is un heard of for me as I hate nick names shortening names. But it suits her

buckeejit · 27/10/2018 20:25

Me - 40 & one child.

I get Ev-elyn & E-velyn (which I don't like - reminds me of She Ra's Evil Lyn)

Also Eve & Eva!

3out · 27/10/2018 15:11

The five I know all pronounce it Ev a lin

Sessy19 · 27/10/2018 14:32

I counted. 16!!! Wiltshire- Hampshire

Cleanermaidcook · 27/10/2018 14:30

1, my mil. (Mid 70's)
It can be shortened to Lyn too.

itbemay · 27/10/2018 14:28

One! Love the name... eve-lyn or Eva-Lyn pronunciation though?

Childrenofthesun · 27/10/2018 14:27

I know three, all aged 8. One goes by the name Evie, the others are Evelyn. One pronounces it Ev-el-yn, the other two Eve-lyn. I don't know any older or younger.

MikeUniformMike · 27/10/2018 14:19

Several. All Evies. All subjected to the Ever-lyn/Eve-lyn? confusion.

deptfordgirl · 27/10/2018 12:27

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