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Eden for a girl?

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BuntyPenfold · 06/04/2011 13:41

I met an Eden today, girl of 6. I love her name but wondered, would you expect an Eden to be a boy?

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Pinkjenny · 06/04/2011 13:43

I work with someone who has a dd called Eden. Nice. I wouldn't think it a boys name at all.

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LouMacca · 06/04/2011 14:09

I would expect Eden to be a girl too. Quite pretty Smile

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SolarPanel · 06/04/2011 16:13

I know it can be for a boy or girl, but I prefer it as a girls' name.

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growing3rdbump · 06/04/2011 17:49

No, I would expect Eden to be a girl. There is an Eden (girl) in DD's (age 7) class and my friend has a 2yr old daughter called Eden too. Lovely name.

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CharlieCoCo · 06/04/2011 19:13

i only know it as a girl's name and only like it for a girl.
i know someone called Eden Mckenna, im not sure if its hyphened but she generally gets called Eden Mckenna sometimes Eden for her NN.

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mrsravelstein · 06/04/2011 19:15

i know a female eden too. very pretty.

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apple99 · 06/04/2011 19:23

I know a 2 year old girl Eden, it's a lovely name.

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FABsBackAndIsWell · 06/04/2011 19:24

There is an Eden at school and they are female. Not relevant but she is a right mean madam.

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weimy · 06/04/2011 19:27

I teach an Eden he is a boy

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MarieFromStMoritz · 07/04/2011 14:33

I desperately wanted Eden, alas it is far too common these days.

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notanumber · 07/04/2011 14:39

CharlieCoCo

A child called Eden-Mckenna as in, 'Eden-Mckenna, would you like a rice cake?'

That's just...one of the most bizarre names I've ever heard.

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brightcopperkettles · 08/04/2011 05:27

I love Eden for a girl, I know it can be for a boy also but it sounds feminine to me.

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Bubbaluv · 08/04/2011 06:07

I'm afraid I would expect her to be a porn star showing off her garden-of...

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BuntyPenfold · 08/04/2011 15:47

oh noooooo

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Tolalola · 08/04/2011 16:04

I think of it as a boys name. I'm afraid when I hear of a girl called Eden I either think they probably work in 'adult entertainment' or that their parents somehow didn't realise that it's a really a boys name.

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BibiBelle · 08/04/2011 17:51

Eden would be a girls name here too.

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NadiaWadia · 08/04/2011 19:07

Girl's name.

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Prinpo · 08/04/2011 19:41

I think one of the little girls in the Barbie films is called Eden....

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Gumps · 08/04/2011 19:50

Boys name.
Lol at the porn link. Won't mention it to my sis and her gorgeous 4 week old...

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itsohsoquiet · 08/04/2011 20:09

I have heard a lot of people say this is a boy's name but I think it is feminine and would only use it for a girl

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catsareevil · 08/04/2011 20:13

I think that it is best as a girls name. I know a female Eden, and a male Eden, and it seems a better fit on the girl.

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katiepotatie · 08/04/2011 20:15

Eden is definitely a girls name, I know one lives in Oz, who's about 6 now

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brillopads · 09/04/2011 11:57

Eden was a nn for Edith in Barbara Vine's "A Dark-adapted Eye"

Good name!

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ICanSeeASeagullsFoot · 09/04/2011 18:33

Bloody hell brillopads I thought I was the only one inspired by that book to name a DD Eden, that book made me love the name even though she was a beatch of a character. Sadly DH vetoed Eden, but I think it is fab for a girl.

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eatyourveg · 09/04/2011 18:35

I know an Aeden (pronounced eden) who is a boy. think the name sits well as a girl or a boy

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