Evelyn

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My DD is 7 weeks old and and we have called Evelyn (pronounced Eev-lyn) with Evie as a nn. However, it seems that everywhere we go people have pronounce her name Ever-lyn and it's left me wondering which is the correct pronunciation. How would you pronouce Evelyn? Should I use the Ever-lyn pronunciation to avoid confusion as she grows up?

I think i would pronounce Ever-Lyn but i wouldn't be sure of the pronounciation. I think the name sounds pretty both ways.

Eev-lin is the accepted pn for male version as in Evelyn Waugh the writer.
Ev-lin is the accepted pn for female.
I suppose you could add a syllable and say Ever-lin.
But that's why people keep pn your daughter's name differently to you. Most will be expecting her to be an ev-lin. No reason why you can't use the pn you prefer though.

Traditionally, it's ev-lin for a girl and eev-lin for a boy.

I would say Ever-lyn.

We pronounce our daughters name Ever-lyn. A few people keep calling her Eve-lyn and it irritates me!

I prounce it Ever-lyn. I think traditionally Eve-lyn is the male pronunciation. I do know a few girls called Eve-lyn with the nickname Evie, though.

It's one of those names you've always got a 50:50 chance of getting wrong.

Personally I'd say 'Eev - lin', but I'm well aware there are 'Ever-lin's around - it's one of those things you have to get used to if you decide to use the name.

The ever-lin pronounciation is fine, but I think Eev-lin sounds much prettier and softer and it is then more logical to use the nickname 'Eve ' if you want. My beloved late auntie was Evelyn said like this.

I know about Evelyn Waugh etc., but I don't seriously think anyone would name a boy Evelyn these days. There can't be many around.

Just tell people nicely if they pronounce it wrong. They will soon get it.

I have heard it pronounced Ev-lyn, Eve-lyn and Ev-er-lyn, personally I would pronounce it Ev-er-lyn (I'm in the east midlands)

It's one of those names you've always got a 50:50 chance of getting wrong.

Agreed - see also Louis - but I think a lot of people are vaguely aware of the ev-lyn pronunciation being female and will take a chance on that. Just by my very quick count on this thread alone there have been 23 ev-lyn or ever-lyns, to 8 eev-lyns. OP, if you're still reading and you really want to use the Eev-lyn pronunciation then you need to accept that people will get your pronunciation 'wrong', and this will follow your DD through her life. You could emphasise the point with the nn Evie, of course.

I've always heard it pronounced Ever-Lin and really like it like that. If it's pronounced Eve-Lin once you correct people they can get used to it. It's a nice name either way, I sway only slightly more towards Ever-Lin though.

I have an Evelyn, pronounced Ever-Lin as she is a girl. Eve-Lin is the masculine.

Beautiful name either way graceful and elegant

Ours is kind of halfway between Evlyn and Everlyn. The second syllable is only just pronounced.

It's a family name on DH's side and all the women who were called that were Eve-lyn. But our DD is named after the character in The Mummy. We had to be quite firm with a few of DH's family members till they acquiesced to our pronunciation.

She is Evie for short, though.

When I see the name I always assume its Eve-Lin as this is my nan's name and the pronunciation that she uses. She mostly goes by Eve though.