I want to like
Aveline, really I do. But I can't help but think of products like Vaselin and Valvoline. I should do that with
Eveline too, but for some reason changing one vowel sound is enough to do the trick. So being lazy, I stick with
Eveline.
I'm not sure why
Aveline hasn't caught on. There are many names like that. With the popularity of "
El-" names I thought it was bound to be
Elsa /
Elsie's turn to shine. Alas.
Perhaps it's the uncertainty about the pronunciation. I can see some people saying "-leen" and others saying, "-line." Is the first syllable a long "a" as in
Ava, or a short one as in
Avril /
Averill? I confess I've never heard it before so I'll take your word that it's a long "a."
This message was edited 8/19/2011, 12:20 PM