My husband and I both really like the name Evelyn, but we disagree on the pronunciation of the nickname of Evie. He wants to say "ee-vie" while I want "eh-vie" which is how the first name is pronounced: "Eh-velyn not "Evil-lyn". Thoughts on pronunciation?

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Eh-vee makes more sense, but I like Ee-vee better

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I can honestly say I've never heard eh-vie before. I've always heard or read ee-vie

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I always thought this name was pronounced Eve-Lynn. I wonder if this is one where you’ll constantly be correcting people on how to pronounce it? I have to do that with my oldest daughter’s name and it’s super annoying. I do like both versions of the name though!

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My aunt's name is Evie (pronounced Eh-vie), but Ee-vie is cuter to me.

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I would probably use ev-vy because I’m like you and like nicknames to be exact, but honesty I think either is close enough that it’s fine. There are a lot of nicknames out there that aren’t super close to the real name

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We were considering this too! My husband also likes ee-vie and my mom likes evv-ie. I can’t decide lol.

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I actually like both pronunciations but ya gotta be on the same page, obviously. Can you both practice saying the other pronunciation and come back to each other? Or wait until you meet her and see which one is more fitting? Both are perfectly acceptable pronunciations, so I think it’s just about agreeing. Best of luck! Both are cute!

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Most people pronounce Evie as Eve-ee. However, as a nickname for Evelyn, it makes more sense to call her Eh-vie. Maybe you can change up the spelling.

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My daughter is Evelina and I wanted to pronounce her nickname like you. My husband wanted Evie.  
That lasted 2 weeks and now I call her Evie lol

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I prefer Eh-vie

My husband and I both really like the name Evelyn, but we disagree on the pronunciation of the nickname of Evie. He wants to say "ee-vie" while I want "eh-vie" which is how the first name is pronounced: "Eh-velyn not "Evil-lyn". Thoughts on pronunciation?

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