Pronunciation of Evelyn???

[squanderer]

Eve-lyn, Ever-lyn or is it something else? Which one is the most commonly used?

Thanks

Those who say Eve-lyn do you mean Eveh-lyn or Eev-lyn .

Because when I read Eve-lyn I think E-v-e-lyn (the e being pronounced like e for elephant).

Another vote for Ev-lin here, Eev-lin is too similar to 'evening'

My DD's name and I love it :-)

Eve-lyn

Sorry, didn't read the last few posts-

Eev-lyn

I'm a Eve-lyn it's DDs middle name as well as mine but I'll let DD decide what she prefers

Tis a bag of worms as a name, I can tell you that!

It certainly seems to be! Something to think about when choosing a name maybe - all the different ways it could be pronounced

I’ve read a few times here about the alleged ‘male’ and ‘female’ pronunciations, but I don’t think it’s necessarily true.

Evelyn Waugh and his first wife had the same first name and the same pronunciation: Eve-lin. Their friends apparently used to call them He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn to distinguish.

Hevelyn and Shevelyn? That's so funny. I didn't know that, @Boudicas

Ev-lin or ev-eh-lin for me.

Always thought it was ever-lyn. Never heard it said Eve-lyn

Ever lyn? Never heard it pronounced like that