Nickname for Evelyn

[Anonymous]

My mom is Evelyn. She is Evelyn to pretty much everyone, but my dad will sometimes call her "Ev" (short E sound).

My mom's sister calls her "Eve," as in Christmas Eve, and it makes my mother batty.

[Anonymous]

My name is Evelyn and i go by evie or lyn and i love it also my nefs called me evin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ev-ee? Really? Like heavy without an H? People will just think you are weird for pronouncing the kid's name wrong. Just go with Eve-ee or don't use a nickname at all.

I totally disagree. "EV-ee" is a very, very common pronunciation for the nickname of Evelyn the way you're pronouncing it ("EV-uh-lin). If you write it out, people might mispronounce it, but that's not a big deal.

I am sorry but I am the original poster and I have never, ever in my life met anyone named Ev-ee. I have met Eveleyn's whose nicknames were Eve or Eve-ee, but never Ev-ee. Sounds ridiculous to me, sorry. Where do you people live? Is this the hot new name in Bethesda or something?

This. You only hear this BS on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

My childhood friend was Evelyn nn evie. It was super cute, and she's actually held onto the nn into adulthood. It fits her.

[Anonymous]

I too have never heard Evy only Eevie.

Guess it depends on where you live and the circles you run in.

[Anonymous]

I know an Ehvee.

[Anonymous]

I know 4 Evelyns.
Two are EH-vee and two are EVE-ee. The EH-vees are both above age 40 and the EVE-ees are under 10.

[Anonymous]

We know 2 Evelyns under 5 who go by EH-vee. I believe both spell it Evy/Evie, but you could always double the v (Evvy/Evvie) to convey that the vowel is short.

We also know 2 EE-vees in the same age range, both of whom have the full name Eve.

[Anonymous]

I know an Eh-vee. I think it's spelled Evvy. I would prob go "ie" if I were doing it.

[Anonymous]

My cousin is Evelyn and goes by Lynnie, pronounced "Linny"

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry but the only nickname that makes total sense to me is Eve...like New Year's Eve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've seen it spelling Evie, or Evvy and pronounced as you described, EV-ee. I think it's really cute

+1 for Evvy or Evvie, that eliminates the problem of mispronouncing as EEvie. Very sophisticated, too - like it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ev-ee? Really? Like heavy without an H? People will just think you are weird for pronouncing the kid's name wrong. Just go with Eve-ee or don't use a nickname at all.

Evie is actually a very, very common nickname for Evelyn. Evelyn is becoming a more and more common little girls name and I know at least 2 little ones who go by Evie (and that is how they spell it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lyn is a cute nickname. Stephen Colbert's wife is an Evelyn who has gone by Eh-vie for her whole life. This is my daughter's name but I don't like Eh-vie because it sounds too much like "heavy". I worried what she would be called if she had a weight problem.

This is ridiculous, you've basically already given your child a complex about her weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Evelyn Waugh's first wife was Evelyn Gardner. They were known as Hevelyn & Shevelyn!

He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn. But also, they both pronounced Evelyn like this: EVE-a-lynn. Not EH-va-lynn, the way it's commonly pronounced now