Evelyn: phonetically speakin "Eh-vil-in" or "Eve-lin"?

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I really like the name Evie as a girl's name but, should i have a girl, would like to christen her Evelyn. I am, however, unsure of the female pronunciation of the version as it can be for either sex. Can anybody help???

I would opt for ev-er-lyn, because ee-ve-lyn was a baadie in the 80's He-man cartoon

I have known both. Not sure whether it can be either.

I have also known an Ev-lin

Agree with Astarte (again )

Ever-lyn sound much prettier IMHO, but may be biased as I know a really gorgeous Ever-lyn . It does sound a lot softer those, than Eevlyn

I had a friend with two grandmothers, one was Ev-a-lyn, the other was Eev-lyn.

So you can pronounce it which way you like, although I think Eev-lyn is more common (for girls) and would make more sense if you wanted to call her Evie for short.

Thanks, my husband made the He-Man reference too. Oh the politics of it all!

hehehe!

LBB you are freakin' me out
btw please say lbb is nod to a Stacey Kent song, I shall love you forever if it is

i would say ever-lyn. lovely name

Eve-lyn here

Ev-lin in this neck of the woods.

'Fraid not Astarte. It was just nickname for ds for a bit...........

My DD is Ev er lyn
Be aware that no matter HOW you decide to pronounce it, you'll have to correct some people, we still get a lot of people saying Ev Lyn or Eve Lyn

My relative (elderly) is Eve-lyn

Most Scots I know would say Ev lin or Ev eh lin.

I don't see why it would be pronounced Eve r lin if there is no r in it?

Ev er lyn is the most common way of saying it around here.

It's my middle name and it's Ee-vuh-lin in my opinion.

DD2, now 5 months old, is Eibhlín (Ev-lin) here in Ireland. I don't like the 'er' bit in the middle personally but lots of people add it and people who don't see her much sometimes call her Eve-lyn. Not a name to pick if variations will bother you a lot. Obviously I think it's a lovely name either way ...

My dd's friend's sister is pronounced Ev-eh-lin. Beautiful name (lovely girl too, not that it makes any difference)

Yes but where does the R come from, if there is no R in the name, why add one?

Lots of names are pronounced differently to how they are spelt though

Saltire, I have a suspicion that the R in the pronounciation must be a regional thing, you know, like when people say "ban-ar -na"

But I have no idea about regional accents, so I have no idea which area that might be in!

ever lin

I would go with Eve lyn but I'm biased

Only Evelyn I have known off was pronounced Eve-lyn