Down to 2 girls names, thoughts please!

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DD2 is due in a few weeks. DD1 has a Gaelic/Irish name (we are Scottish). Surname will start with Mc. We’re down to Martha or Evelyn, which does everyone prefer? Middle name will likely be violet after a family member.

Evelyn

Is Evelyn pronounced Eve-lyn or Ev-er-lyn? Will it irritate you that it will be mispronounced 50% of the time whichever one you choose?

I like both your names and both forms of Evelyn, btw.

Martha. Evelyn is likely to be shortened to Eve or Evie, which are super popular at the moment.

Evelyn not ee if you know what I mean? I’ve never heard it pronounced with an r in the middle.

Evelyn is a beautiful name. I am not a fan of Martha.

Evelyn is lovely - not overly keen on Martha if I’m really honest.

You mean Ev-Lyn? Still lovely, anyway.

Scottish people would never pronounce Evelyn with an r in the middle. it would be Ev-lyn or Eve-lyn.

I prefer Martha.

I love Martha. Evelyn will always be pronounced at least two ways, and become Evie as a PP said.

I prefer Martha

Martha is lovely

Hmm yes Martha is my favourite but DP prefers Evelyn. Do you think Martha would be shortened to anything?

I like Martha, but my sister can’t pronounce her “th” sound which is quite a common speech impediment. So she’s likely to get Marfa quite a lot.
Evelyn is lovely too. More popular though xx

Martha.
Evelyn doesn’t normally get pronounced as Eve-Lyn in Scotland.

I only know one Martha - she's 19 and it's never been abbreviated.

Martha. Evelyn has the annoying pronunciation issue and there are loads of them, along with all the Evies, Evas etc.

I love Martha, when I was pregnant I had Martha or Marte on my girls list. The only Evelyns I know are older women so I don't associate it with a child.

DD is Martha. She gets lovely compliments on her name. I did have to ask MIL to stop calling her "Marf" but she's the only one who ever attempted it, and I wouldn't usually be so finicky but it was awful! I'm not a massive fan of Evelyn, I pronounce that Ev-eh-lyn which nobody else on here seems to do

Lovely names. With a Mc surname I am also learning towards Evelyn as it's a "ma" "ma" sound.

Martha McCready
Evelyn McCready

In my case my Christian name and married surname have exactly the same vowel sounds three times. It's annoying and seems to really confuse people so I have to repeatedly spell it. So I'm biased.

Oh god marfa would be awful

I prefer Martha because of the inevitable pronunciation issues with Evelyn.

FWIW we have a Mc surname and DS1 has a name beginning with M, I think it sounds great!

Martha.

I automatically say Ever- Lyn for Evelyn.
I did as I read the post.

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