Evelyn

[iamdivergent]

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

[poorbuthappy]

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

[ZenNudist]

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

[Dinosaursdontgrowontrees]

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]

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

[KERALA1]

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]

I love it and pronounce it Ev uh Lin

[FruitbatAuntie]

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]

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]

I love this name. It oozes elegance.

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

[SauceForTheGander]

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

[AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves]

[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]

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]

DD's middle name - love it.

[DramaAlpaca]

I like it very much, pronounced your way.

[SpottieDottie]

I like it, plus the NN Evie.

[RAFWife12]

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

[Toapointlordcopper]

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

[burgatroyd]

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

[TurquoiseDress]

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]

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

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Eevlin.

I always thought Evelyn Waugh was Evlin

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I would say

[squoosh]

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

[AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves]

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]

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