How do you pronouce Evelyn?

See the results of this poll: How do you pronounce Evelyn?

Respondents: 67 (This poll is closed)

  • Eve-lyn (and I’m from US) : 6 (9%)
  • Ever-lyn (and I’m from US) : 10 (15%)
  • Eve-lyn (and I’m from UK) : 7 (10%)
  • Ever-lyn (and I’m from UK) : 9 (13%)
  • Eve-lyn (and I’m from Aus/NZ) : 0 (0%)
  • Ever-lyn (and I’m from Aus/NZ) : 4 (6%)
  • Eve-lyn (and I’m from somewhere else) : 3 (4%)
  • Ever-lyn (and I’m from somewhere else) : 3 (4%)
  • I pronounce it differently (comment how): 25 (37%)

the way I pronounce it is like ehv-uh-lyn no ‘er’ sound but still three syllables

I’ve never heard it pronounced [name]Eve[/name]-lynn or [name]Ever[/name]-lynn before. I’ve always heard it and said it Eh-vah-lyn. Three syllables, but no R sound. Since your poll included where you’re from, I am from the US - [name]New[/name] [name]England[/name].

I have never heard it pronounced either eve-lyn or ever-lyn. I pronounce it ev-uh-lyn. And I’m from the US.

I think this is what the OP is getting at. It seems you’re all pronouncing [name]Evelyn[/name] the same way: ‘ev-uh-lyn’, which I believe is the standard US pronunciation and, to me, sounds exactly like ‘[name]Ever[/name]-lyn’. Perhaps [name]Ever[/name]-lyn wasn’t the best way of describing the pronunciation, or perhaps Americans pronounce the word ‘ever’ totally differently (I think this is the word ever, as in ‘forever and ever’, rather than ‘[name]Eva[/name]’).

Thus, OP, I think some of these ‘I pronounce it differently’ votes could be counted under [name]Ever[/name]-lyn (as I think the ehv-uh-lyn pronunciation is what you’re getting at there) unless, of course, they say outright that they pronounce it ‘[name]Steve[/name]’.

P.S. Beautiful name btw. I (and, I think, most other Brits) pronounce it as eve-lyn :slight_smile:

Yeah, I meant as in the word ‘ever’ - to me, ev-uh-lyn and ever-lyn would be said virtually identically. Guessing there’s no way to change the poll words now people have voted on it though. [name]Eva[/name] is ‘ee-vuh’ to me, while the word ‘ever’ would be ‘ev-uh’. Phonetics sucks at times, eh?

I’ve been on forums long enough to know that usually when people are describing the “uh” sound as “er” they’re usually from the UK.

And I’m assuming “eve-lyn” is how they say it in Downtown [name]Abbey[/name] when discussing [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Napier[/name].

I like “ev-uh-lyn” for a girl and “eve-lyn” for a boy.

Darn accents ruin everything. Americans say the “r” in “ever” very clearly and most other accents don’t, so I think that’s why it’s confusing. But anyway, eh-va-lyn for me, so I guess it counts as ever-lyn, and US.
I’ve heard of [name]Eve[/name]-lyn but I’ve never heard it used.

I wouldn’t say ruin :wink: , but yes, pretty much. Most American English speakers would pronounce the r in “ever” very clearly. I live in that “[name]Boston[/name]” accent area where evidently Rs are optional. It drives me batty. [name]Evelyn[/name] would be eh-vah-lyn, but very different than “ever” if that makes sense.

I voted for eve-lyn (US) but now that I read the comments I should have voted for “ever-lyn” — I was thrown off by the R sound but it makes sense in the UK/Aus the R isn’t pronounced!

I’m in [name]Canada[/name] and I pronounce [name]Evelyn[/name] as “ev-uh-lyn” (the middle syllable “uh” is said quite quickly). I’ve heard that some in [name]Britain[/name] pronounce it “eve-lyn” (eg. [name]MALE[/name] author [name]Evelyn[/name] Waugh).

Your poll really confused me! So I couldn’t vote. I thought “who in their right mind would pronounce [name]Evelyn[/name] with an R in it? There is no R!!!” Lol, reading the comments section kind of cleared it up for me though. I pronounce it EHV-ah-lyn and I am from [name]Canada[/name]. I also pronounce ever with a the r very clearly pronounced!

I’ve only ever heard it pronounced “EH-ve-lin”. Never with an R sound. I’m from the US, [name]Tennessee[/name].

Ehv uh lyn. Never heard those other prn before.

Wow, aren’t accents fun. I’m British, but I’m Northern Irish, not English, so I say my Rs as consonants, not vowels. I say EV’uh-lin, but would never even think of attempting to write the first syllable as ‘ever’.

If it’s meant as a male name however, then I say [name]EVE[/name]-lin.

Another US-ian with the ehv uh lyn pronunciation. I voted for ‘other’ above (voted before reading the accent issues mentioned in the comments.)

I would pronounce it either [name]Eve[/name]-lyn or Ev-lyn

Eh-vuh-lyn or Ehv-lyn

I’m from the U.S. I voted other pronunciation. [name]Evelyn[/name] is my Grammy’s name and we have always said Eh-Vul-[name]Lin[/name] I absolutly hate when people mess it up. [name]Eve[/name]-lyn just makes it sounds Evil and there is no R in [name]Evelyn[/name] at all. /end rant

I say ‘eveh-lin’ which is closest to ‘ever-lyn’ from the options provided.