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How do you pronounce Evelyn?

29 replies

flipflopper · 05/02/2012 14:58

I love this name, with nn Eve or Evie.
But do you say Eve-lyn or Ever-lyn?

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BackforGood · 05/02/2012 17:02

I know an "Eve"-lynn and an "ev" -lynn so that doesn't really help does it ? Grin

Kveta · 05/02/2012 17:27

our old dog was called Evelyn - but he pronounced it Eev-lin :o

NadiaWadia · 06/02/2012 02:12

My Grandmother (who would be 100 if still alive) was born Eveline, but later changed the spelling to Evelyn (pronounced Eve-lyn) so presumably that was more fashionabel at the time (1920's).

mathanxiety · 06/02/2012 02:21

Evv-lyn. My gran was Evaline (Ev-ah-leen), and one of my aunts (born 1903ish) was Mary Evelyn, so I think you may be right about changing name fashions of the early 20th C NadiaWadia.

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