How to pronounce Evangeline- Leen or Line ??

Girl Names
1

I honestly am not sure what the correct pronunciation is. I pronounce it “line”. Does it matter which ? Thanks

2

I think the -leen is the more oldschool and British way and line is the way its likely to be read aloud, especially in the US where we’re used to [name]Caroline[/name] and so on.

3

I pronounce it with a “lynn” sound at the end.

4

Leen. i would never have thought to say it [name]Line[/name], it sounds all wrong to me. I’m American, for what that’s worth.

5

I say -leen. -line sounds weird to me, even though we spell [name]Caroline[/name] similarly and say -line with that one.

6

I pronounce it Evange-leen. I don’t think the [name]Line[/name] pronunciation has ever crossed my mind. I’m an American.

  • [name]Athena[/name]
7

Personally I’ve always pronounced it with “Leen” because I thought it was prettier(:

8

Same as above.

9

It’s pronounced leen.

10
  • leen, definitely.
11

I say it like E-van-juh-leen.

12
  • leen, the line prn sounds awkward.
13

Yeahhhh… LEEN!

~[name]Jasmine[/name]

14

I say leen. I’ve never heard it pronounced line.

15

It’s pn -leen for sure. That’s how they say it in the [name]Princess[/name] and the Frog.
http://wiki.name.com/en/Evangeline

16

It’s definitely “leen”.

17

I probably would have pronounced it -line, but since [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Lilly[/name] has become famous, i think most Americans would say it -leen now, thanks to her

18

I pronounce -leen too. -line sounds weird to me.

19

I don’t know who [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Lilly[/name] is. I would give the credit to The [name]Princess[/name] & the Frog

It maybe new to the rest of the country but [name]Evangeline[/name] “ee-van-juh-leen” is a very old and well known name in the South thanks to a poem by [name]Henry[/name] Wadsworth [name]Longfellow[/name] written in the 1800s

20

I say Leen, although as a child I’d say [name]Line[/name].