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How would you pronounce [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]

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This article is really helpful for [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]!

Tl;dr in the past it was usually EV-uh-lin for girls and EEV-lin for boys because the boys were being named after old aristocratic family members whereas the girls were being named for the trend started by the novel [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] (EV-uh-leen-a). In the U.K. if I met an [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] ā€˜EEV-Linā€™ Iā€™d assume they were quite posh.

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite: EEV-len / EEV-ə-lin (EEV-lin)

In my country it would be ā€œEh-VEH-linā€ (three syllables) but with that pronunciation, I prefer ā€œEvelineā€; for [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], since it is an [name_f]English[/name_f] name, I would prefer the traditional / original [name_f]British[/name_f] pronunciation.

I like both sounds, and would not mind either ā€œEh-VEH-linā€ or ā€œEEV-len/linā€. :green_heart:

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EEV-lin

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Eev-lin (but I know ev-uh-lin is probably more familiar)

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Ever-lyn snd Ev-eh-lyn

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iā€™d say EV-uh-lin for girls !! (but EEV-lin for boys) but i prefer EEV-uh-lin, i just know itā€™s less likely to be correct

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I say eh-vuh-lin, for girls and ehv-lin for boys. the latter is basically the same as the first just without the uh sound

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Ev-uh-lin

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Ever-lin

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Iā€™m in the American [name_u]South[/name_u] and Iā€™ve only ever heard of ā€œEV-uh-linā€, although as a name nerd I am familiar that the EEV-lin pronunciation has been used historically for males. I have never heard of or encountered this pronunciation for a female, however.

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In the UK it would be Eve-lyn.

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Ehv-uh-lynn in the US

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Ev-uh-lin (in Australia)

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Where I live either EH-vuh-lyn or EHV-lyn, both with a short E sound.

Iā€™ve only heard the EEV-lyn pronunciation in the context of [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] Waugh.

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I am in the UK and the Evelynā€™s I know are all ev-uh-lin

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Before joined NB I said EEV-lin, but after being on here for years I say ehv-UH-linn.

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EHV-uh-lin for a girl and EEV-lin for a boy! (Southern US here if that makes a difference :slightly_smiling_face:)

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Iā€™ve heard people say EEV-lin but only for a bit, personally I think EV-uh-lin is more common and also a much nicer pronunciation

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Ev-uh-lyn in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] with the nn [name_f]Evie[/name_f]. Although I have heard Ev-Lin too! But both with the short ā€œEā€ as in [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. I think Eve-lin is sooo pretty though. Itā€™s just one of those names with multiple pronunciations none of which are incorrect. I agonized over the pronunciation of my daughterā€™s name and wished I had gone for something with one clear pronunciation only to discover that the other more common name I liked (Amelia) actually had multiple pronunciations too!

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