Evelyn pronunciation

[yogurt2090]

Would you say Eve-lyn or Ever-lyn?

I think eev-lin is more south England and ever-lin is Scottish.

Eve-Lyn. Ev-lin is how I've heard it and it's wrong.

Ev-lyn or Ev-uh-lyn.

I never heard it pronounced Ee-ve-lyn except for Evelyn Waugh's name.

Eve-Lyn

I’d say Evie! Because, sorry, the eleventy-nine Evelyns I know are all called Evie.

@ApolloandDaphne

I would say Ev-Lyn.

May I ask which part of UK you are in? I.e. Ireland/Scotland/North England/South England.

We are in London and am thinking there is a regional difference! Prefer Ev-Lyn from what I am hearing so far!

@YakkityYakYakYak

I immediately read it as Ev-Lyn

I think of Ev-Lyn as a girl name and Eve-Lyn as a boy name

May I ask which part of UK you are in? I.e. Ireland/Scotland/North England/South England.

We are in London and am thinking there is a regional difference! Prefer Ev-Lyn from what I am hearing so far!

@DelurkingAJ

Isn’t one a boy and the other a girl?

Eve-Lyn for a boy (Evelyn Waugh comes to mind)
Ev-Lyn for a girl

I may be making that up.

May I ask which part of UK you are in? I.e. Ireland/Scotland/North England/South England.

We are in London and am thinking there is a regional difference! Prefer Ev-Lyn from what I am hearing so far!

@HarryLimeFoxtrot

Ev-Lyn or Ev-a-Lyn for a girl Eve-Lyn for a boy

May I ask which part of UK you are in? I.e. Ireland/Scotland/North England/South England.

We are in London and am thinking there is a regional difference! Prefer Ev-Lyn from what I am hearing so far!

@MrsBungle

I’d say Ev-Lyn

May I ask which part of UK you are in? I.e. Ireland/Scotland/North England/South England.

We are in London and am thinking there is a regional difference! Prefer Ev-Lyn from what I am hearing so far!

@RoseMartha

Ev-lyn, here too

May I ask which part of UK you are in? I.e. Ireland/Scotland/North England/South England.

We are in London and am thinking there is a regional difference! Prefer Ev-Lyn from what I am hearing so far!

@Namechange8471

Ev lynn

May I ask which part of UK you are in? I.e. Ireland/Scotland/North England/South England.

We are in London and am thinking there is a regional difference! Prefer Ev-Lyn from what I am hearing so far!

@LadyMonicaBaddingham

EV-lin

May I ask which part of UK you are in? I.e. Ireland/Scotland/North England/South England.

We are in London and am thinking there is a regional difference! Prefer Ev-Lyn from what I am hearing so far!

I think eev-lin is more south England and ever-lin is Scottish.

No one in Scotland would pronounce it 'ever-lin'

I'd say Ev-eh-lin op.

yogurt2090 We are in the North East. Funnily enough a friend from Australia has a daughter named this and pronounces it the same.

I'd say Eve-lyn it's a beautiful name

Ev-uh-lin

Ev-er-lyn.

I would say something between Ev-Lyn and Ev-a-Lyn. The a/i/uh sound in the middle is very subtle. I'm in Scotland. I have heard it pronounced Eave - Lyn but wouldn't instinctively pronouce it that way unless that is how they introduced themselves.

American — I would say “Ev-uh-Lynn.”

This is why I can’t understand why this name has become so popular when the pronunciation is so unintuitive. I would say Eve-Lyn but then always am second guessing myself as at the back of my mind I know it’s probably wrong.

I'd say Eve-lyn unless I knew the person preferred it another way. The first one I ever met was Ev-lyn but I've never actually met anybody else who pronounced it that way.

Eve-er-lin.

Wait for a hint/ask
My friends daughter is called Evelyn and I can never remember how they pronounce it so just wait for someone else to say it first

Ev-lin