How would you pronounce Evelyn?

[JimJamJarmusch]

• EEV-lin
• EV-uh-lin
• EV-lin

I think I tend to say it the last way, but I suspect that's because I don't talk proper, innit? And it's the first two that most people would tend towards.

What would your inclination be?

I'd pronounce it ev-uh-lin

Ev uh lin

Somewhere between the second and third way. I'm Irish if that makes a difference

Ev-uh-lin but that's only because it's how my cousin pronounces it (its her daughters name) until then it was alway Eev-lin

I only know one and it’s eev-lin. In fact she goes by Eve.

Doesn't it depend if it's for a boy or girl?

That's my mils name and we pronounce ev e lyn x

I always thought Eev-lin was how it was pronounced for a man but I could be wrong.

Little girl I know -Ev-lin
SIL's MIL - Eve-lin

Before I knew these two, I used to say Ev-e-lin

Now I am permanently confused and wait to hear how someone else says it first

It always used to be eev-lin for girls when I was a child, but now I am more used to the European-sounding ev-uh-lin or ev-lin, so I would check.

Evelyn Waugh: Eev-lin.

I'd pronounce it EVE-lyn until the person corrected me and told me they were an EV-lyn. I think both are quite valid.

Evlinn

Either of the first two. Used to be first for boys, second for girls, but irl, I've met women called either and no men with the name at all. Never heard the last option in use.

Ev-eh-lin

My late MIL was Evelyn
Always insisted it was pronounced as Ev Lyn

Ev-uh-lin.

Ev-eh-lin.

Ev-uh-lin.

Ev-Lin

(Eev-Lin for a boy)

Eev-lin my old boss pronounced hers this way.

EV-lin. I'm in Ireland & that's how it's usually pronounced here.

Mixed bag then! I think probably the Ev-lin/EV-uh-lin distinction is more down to accent/how you enunciate rather than distinct pronunciation. It's on our list and I was a bit worried I'd sound daft pronouncing it as two syllables rather than a clear three! (I'm probably less fond of EEV-lin, don't know why). Glad to hear other people would say it my way!

Ever-linn

I'd say Ev lin. I'm from the west coast of Scotland, maybe there's a regional thing going on.

Eev Lin.