Evelyn - Most common pronunciation

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Would you say:

Eve-lin
Ehv-lin
Ev-uh-lin

I’m just curious as to which pronunciation is most popular. It’s one of those names that is nice but nobody ever seems to agree on how to say.

Our DD's name is pronounced halfway between Ehvlin and Evuhlin. There's almost a 3rd syllable but not quite.

Ever-Lyn

Except when I'm grumpy with her, to be fair. There's definitely a 3rd syllable then.

Eev-lin

Ever-Lyn

But there's no R..?!

Ehv-lin. Agree with you it’s lovely and you’d just need to accept varied pronunciation if you wanted to use it.

We have Ev-lin and Ev-er-lin in the family to distinguish between the two people.

Isn't it supposed to be Eve-lin for a boy/man and Ehv-lin for a girl/woman? Or is it the other way round?

I go with whatever the Evelyn in question uses. But if they are female then I go with Ev-a-lyn, male and I got with Eve-lyn

Yes this is correct

I know five, all said Ev-a-lyn

On the basis that the short version is usually Evie (ee-vee), I always say it Eve-Lyn in my head…

It’s a nice name but has been used a lot recently and there are other nice names that don’t have pronunciation issues, like Eve or Eva.

That’s how my piano teacher pronounced her name, and she must have been pushing 90 back in 1985.

maybe it’s regional- I’m from east London.

Ev-a-lyn

I’d go with this, broad NW accent

But it would fully depend on how someone introduced themselves, I’ve also heard

Eeev-lyn
Ev-a-lyn
Eve-a-lyn

Just be aware Eve names are insanely popular. It’s the equivalent of calling your child Sarah in the 70s. At one point a third of the girls in dds class were called Eve/Evie/Eva they all have to use surnames too. Fine if it doesn’t bother you but be aware. I changed my choice as nearly called my first baby an insanely popular name for that year so so glad I realised just in time.

Ev-uh-lin

And I've never heard anyone use Eevie as the abbreviation.

Every Evelyn I've ever known used the abbreviation Evvie, to rhyme with heavy.

Ev-lin

@MsTSwift

I didn’t realise Eve names were quite so popular! Has been 7 years since I named a baby so I’m clearly out of the loop. I’d prefer not to use the modern equivalent of Sarah in terms of popularity, I managed to avoid a top 100 name first time round!

ev-uh-lin

Eve is a lovely name - just that everyone else thinks so too! My Eve mum friends (of which there are quite a few) admit they would have chosen differently they hadn’t realised quite how popular it is.

Like this.

Ehv-lin. I'm in Scotland

In the James Joyce Dubliners story the woman’s name is abbreviated to Evvie, so I’m going with
“EVV (e) lin”.