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Our beautiful and long awaited daughter Evangeline Charlotte was born almost 5 months ago. When I introduce her, I say "This is Evangeline", pronouncing her name Eh-van-jeh-leen". People think her name is Avangeline, with an Ah sound. So lately I have been emphasising the E, saying E-van-geh-leen (E like the letter E). What am I doing wrong? What is the correct pronunciation? Am I actually mispronouncing my own daughter's name? (gasp) Our boys have more common names (Alexander & Christopher), and though I've noticed slight regional variations in the pronunciation of Christopher, I've never met anyone who was confused by the pronunciation. Thanks, experts! (p.s. I was on here during my pregnancy last year, thanks so everyone for naming advice!)