How do you pronounce Evelyn?

Girl Names
1

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

Respondents: 47 (This poll is closed)

  • EVER-lyn : 26 (55%)
  • EVE-lyn: 21 (45%)
2

I would pronounce it Ev-uh-lyn

3

Neither, ev-ə-lin.

4

yeah, neither. ev-uh-lyn.

5

ev-uh-lyn for me as well.

6

Neither. EV-uh-lin

7

ev-uh-lin…never heard of it pronounced differently than that!

8

ev-uh-lyn for me too! I’ve never heard it otherwise!

9

Oh, yeah. I pronounce ever-lyn and ev-uh-lyn the same in my accent lol. That wasn’t clear, but ever-lyn IS ev-uh-lyn.

10

I say it EV-eh-lyn, which I think would be closest to [name_u]EVER[/name_u]-lyn with an English accent so that’s what I voted for.

11

I also say it as EV-eh-lyn or EV-uh-lyn.

12

I’ve met people with it both ways, but I would be inclined to pronounce it [name_f]Eve[/name_f]-lyn, because I usually hear it with nickname [name_f]Evie[/name_f], which is always Ee-vee. I also am used to the male Evelyn though, which is always Eve-lyn, so that might impact my opinion.

13

This is how I usually pronounce it, too. But I have heard it the “[name_f]Eve[/name_f]-lyn” way and it works. Especially for nn [name_f]Evie[/name_f].

14

Neither… Ev-uh-lyn.

15

Ev-uh-lynn

As a man’s name, it’s traditionally pronounced [name_f]EVE[/name_f]-lynn (like [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] Waugh).

16

I personally prefer [name_f]EVE[/name_f]-lyn, but have heard people pronounce it both ways. From what I’ve seen, EV-uh-lyn seems to be more common in [name_u]North[/name_u] [name_u]America[/name_u] and [name_f]EVE[/name_f]-lyn in the UK? (I’m Canadian though.)

17

Ev uh luhn

18

Ev uh lin. My great aunts name…also goes by [name_f]Evie[/name_f]…Ev-ee not E-vee

19

I’m from the UK and I’ve only ever know it pronounced ‘ev-uh-lyn’ (‘ever-lyn’).

20

All the Evelyns I know in the UK are ever-lyn (aka ev-uh-lyn). I’ve never come across eve-lyn until encountering foreign berries on this site.