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[Opinions] Evelyn
What do you think of it?I have a crush on the name - which is, I see, also very popular.
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Not a fan.I find it clunky and dated. As a child I also wanted to pronounce it EEV-lyn and it confused me immensely to discover the correct pronunciation was "EV-lyn" I just didn't understand and that tainted the name for me.I much prefer Eve which I love as a full name in it's own right. If I did feel that Eve needed a longer form, I would choose Genevieve over Evelyn.
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Evelyn has for a long time, been one of my favourite namesDue to its popularity I wouldn't use it and there are other names I like more now. But still a great namePNL: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/151224
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I prefer it reversed: Lyneve.
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It’s ok. I prefer just Eve. But Evelyn is a fine name, but I can’t get over the fact that it was once a male name too.
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It's possible that I'm alone in this but I do not understand this name at all. I think it looks and sounds horrid. At yet, it's #9 in the US! I must be missing something...
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Evelyn is a lovely name, but it has gained in popularity a fair bit over the last few years.
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I like it! Can't say I love it, because I love a bunch of other names better, but I like it.
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I don't get its popularity. To me, it's terminally dowdy. It should have stayed where it was.LOL, it's not really that bad, not horrible, but yeah, I don't get it.

This message was edited 6/22/2018, 12:37 PM

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I love Evelyn. I think it’s beautiful and elegant.
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I love Evelyn.
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EV-uh-lyn or EEV-lyn?I like EEV-lyn. But I've always said it the other way. I think EV-uh-lyn sounds dull and dated.
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