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How would you pronounce Evelyn?

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JimJamJarmusch · 07/04/2019 10:39

  • 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?

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DippyAvocado · 08/04/2019 08:01

My grandmother's name, pronounced EVE- lin. I also know two locally, aged 8/9 who also pronounced it EVE-lin.

ShowOfHands · 08/04/2019 08:01

Definitely not Ever-lin! There's no R in the name

Nooooooooo. Not this again. Please.

MercyBodle · 08/04/2019 10:49

EV-uh-luhn

Eustasiavye · 08/04/2019 18:32

Well I do know people who pronounce their child's name as Ever-lyn that's why I wouldn't choose it. Your dd will forever be correcting people.

bridgetreilly · 08/04/2019 18:54

Eev-lin.

MikeUniformMike · 08/04/2019 18:55

Eve lyn

Tiramisu1 · 08/04/2019 18:56

Isn't it Ev-eh-lin? 3 syllables?

Jolonglegs · 08/04/2019 18:57

I used to say Ev-lin when I was young, but friends now seem to say Eve-lin

Tiramisu1 · 08/04/2019 18:58

But how is Eve-lin pronounced? Ev e lin?

beanaseireann · 08/04/2019 19:02

Ev linn

dementedpixie · 08/04/2019 19:06

When people write eve- lin I think they mean they pronounce it eev- lin not ev e lin

RomanyQueen1 · 08/04/2019 19:07

Ev uh lin

SherlockSays · 08/04/2019 19:08

Ev-eh-lin

I'm in West Yorkshire and know 2 people with Evelyn's and they pronounce the same, another I know over Blackpool way says 'Ev-lin' for her daughter.

PlatypusPie · 08/04/2019 19:09

I would say Eev- eh- lin Waugh, for the writer (male), and I don’t think I’ve heard it pronounced for him in particular in another way. My mother’s cousin, female, was Ev-ah-lin , to all our family .

I hadn’t realised it was coming back in fashion !

lanesra2 · 08/04/2019 19:36

I think Eve - Lyn sounds much nicer and more feminine

hopelesslyromantic93 · 09/04/2019 12:24

Ev-uh-lin over here. I'm Yorkshire if that helps! :)

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 09/04/2019 12:27

I'd pronounce it Ev-uh-lin

MsTSwift · 09/04/2019 12:47

Just be aware how many eves there are. It’s this generations sarah. One to avoid if over popularity bothers you. At one point one third of the girls in my dds class were called a variant of eve.

MsTSwift · 09/04/2019 12:48

I sometimes wonder if a law has been passed dictating every girl is to be called eve or Isabel/la

NunoGoncalves · 09/04/2019 12:55

EV-uh-lin, but the middle syllable is very short.

Pieceofpurplesky · 09/04/2019 13:00

I teach an Eve Lyn. My cousin is an Ev A Lyn

My gran was eve e Lyn

BlueMerchant · 09/04/2019 13:01

Ev-uh-lin

RockinHippy · 09/04/2019 14:00

Its my Grandmothers name & she was Eva-lyn

morethanacondiment · 09/04/2019 16:28

In honour of our housekeeper at uni: Evil-Lynne. She would simultaneously laugh and scowl when we said it.

Roomba · 09/04/2019 16:36

Ev-lin, as that is how my Grandmother pronounced her name.