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I pronounce it the second way you give, I'm Canadian.
I had an aunt-by-marriage, usually pronounced as EHV-lin.

SAME!!

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Growing up, I had a best friend called Eve so when I saw the name Evelyn written down, I assumed it was EEV-lin. I don't know how old I was when my bubble got burst and I heard Evelyn as EV-lin but I remember being horribly disgusted. I didn't like that pronunciation AT ALL.

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And honestly, still don't.

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Give me Eve ANY DAY.

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[British English, by the way]

This message was edited 6/9/2019, 10:51 AM

Here, it's pronounced EH-ve-lin. I don't know why we pronounce it that way, we just do. We pronounce some words/names differently, and that's okay.

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Personally, I think our way is prettier.

This message was edited 6/9/2019, 9:47 AM

I'm from the US, and I pronounce it EH-ve-lin. I do this because that's the only way I've ever heard it pronounced. I've never heard it pronounced EEV-lin.

I am from the US & I've always pronounced it as I've heard it pronounced - "EH-və-lin"--and this pronunciation (was) used for amy now deceased paternal grandmother. If a particular Evelyn pronounced her (his?) name differently, I'd pronounce it in respect to that particular person's preference.

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Isn't it crazy how our initial perceptions characterize and even categorize our future proclivities?

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I do not find absolute logic in either pronunciation, yet, to me, this is a favorable and pleasant quality.

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I like that from "Evelyn" we have a phonetic "Eevlin" and a phonetic "Evelin". Who is to know that the second letter "e" following the letter "v" should not only be silent but serve to equivocally "elongate" the the first letter 'e'?

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I also know an Evelyn that is known as "Evy" but (beginning with a short 'E' sound and the 'y' represents a long 'e' sound but resounds without stress. I'd often forget that she is Evelyn--because she despised hearing - though I rather like it.

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If spelling and pronunciation were logical - can we haphazardly decide that the second letter 'e' is silent? I would not understand why we have a long 'E' and a short 'e' in one syllable - and use a letter "i" to phonetically illustrate a particular pronunciation of a letter "y". Why indeed? Still, I enjoy such subjectivities that much more.

Hi !!!

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I'm Italian so as Evelina is pronounced eh-veh-LEE-na I would pronounce Evelyn as EH-veh-leen.

Here in South Africa, it's EEVlin all the way, which makes Eve a natural short form. That said, my high-school headmistress called the Evelyn in my class Eve except when reading out names from a list: then she said EVV-a-lin. She was not the kind of person one could easily think of correcting, though with hindsight I don't think she'd have minded.

Ev-a-lin - I'm in Australia

I'm British; my family and I pronounce it EH-və-lin. For me, it seems intuitive, and also I think it sounds nicer.

I'm from Finland and pronounce Evelyn in three different ways: EH-veh-lin (in the Finnish context), EH-və-lin (in the English context) and EEV-lin (in the English context but only for male Evelyns such as Evelyn Waugh). Since Evelyn is rarely used in Finland and as an masculine name, I use the second pronunciation the most.