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72 replies

LuckyMum3 · 23/12/2021 13:49

Evelyn -
Do you say
Ev - a - Lyn
Ever - Lyn
Or
Eve - Lyn

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Stormbraver99 · 23/12/2021 13:51

Ev-lyn.

1940s · 23/12/2021 13:52

Ever-lyn

SleighbellsZ · 23/12/2021 13:59

Ev-lyn

Lyricallie · 23/12/2021 14:00

Ev a Lyn - I'm central belt of Scotland.

Elmo230885 · 23/12/2021 14:01

Eve-lyn is how I said it first in my head

PorkPieForStarters · 23/12/2021 14:02

I know two; an eve-lyn and an ev-a-lyn

Throughabushbackwards · 23/12/2021 14:03

Ev-a-lyn

PorkPieForStarters · 23/12/2021 14:03

As in I know two people with that name, not two pronunciations!

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 23/12/2021 14:04

Ever-lin

RussianSpy101 · 23/12/2021 14:05

Eve-lin

SoupDragon · 23/12/2021 14:05

My default is "ever lin" or "Ev a lin"... I can't really hear a difference (south London).

LakeShoreD · 23/12/2021 14:07

Probably Ev-Lyn but I’ve also heard it pronounced Ever-Lyn and Eve-Lyn before. My DD has a name that can be pronounced a few different ways and I find once you tell people how you say it then they tend to remember!

DoucheCanoe · 23/12/2021 14:09

I know a few and they're all Ev-lin.

I'm in Scotland so maybe regional.

garlictwist · 23/12/2021 14:11

Doesn't it depend if it's male or female?

InTheLabyrinth · 23/12/2021 14:12

Ev - a - Lyn and Ever - Lyn are the same to me, but this is how I'd pronounce the name, unless told otherwise.

SweetPetrichor · 23/12/2021 14:18

Ev-lyn.

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 23/12/2021 14:19

Yes I'm an Ev-lyn person too.

Pinkchicken85 · 23/12/2021 14:21

Ever-lyn
Beautiful name. It was on my baby name list, but he’s a he!

stingofthebutterfly · 23/12/2021 14:28

I know two little Evelyns and they both pronounce it Ever-lin.

Tarttlet · 23/12/2021 14:30

Ev-lyn for a girl, eve-lyn for a boy

Adventing · 23/12/2021 14:51

My first instinct would be to pronounce it Eve-lyn but I'm aware that some people pronounce it Ev-a-lyn

HoratioNightboy · 23/12/2021 14:56

I'd say EVV-lin for a girl and EVE-lin for a boy.

sadpapercourtesan · 23/12/2021 14:57

Ever-lynn for a girl, Eev-lynn for a boy

LavenderRosemary · 23/12/2021 15:02

Ever-lyn

WarmthAndDepth · 23/12/2021 15:02

Eev-lyn.
Those suggesting Ever-lyn/lin; is that as in Ev-uh-lyn, not pronouncing the 'r' (the 'r' in 'ever' is definitely pronounced in regional dialect in this part of the country)?

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