Names to go with Evan (boys and Girls)

[bevlin]

Hi,
Im Scottish, my married surname is mega long and Irish and as you can see, my son's name is Welsh (no connection)!
Im looking for a name to go with Evan and it's quite hard.
I started a thread with a few of my suggestions but I wasn't overly excited about them so I just need fresh Idea's. Apart from the probably useless information above, I just like to steer clear of the very over used popular names. x

[elliephant]

There was an Irish Saint Evan (Eimhin)who had two other saintly brothers, Culain and Dairmid, if you want to get a theme going

[Spacehoppa]

How about 'Elle'.

Really sorry, couldn't resist : )

[SixtyFootDoll]

LOL sh!
Eirlys a welhs girls name meaning snowdrop pronounced ' airliss'

[drlove8]

heres a wee list for you ...
EWAN
TORRAN
FINLEY (not sure if its irish or scottish)
CONNAL
ROGAN
PATRICK

And for girls ....
ROWAN
TEGAN
IONA
BRIANNA
BRIONA(spelling)
fiona?

[drlove8]

what about Aisling, pronounced a-i-e-s-lin ?

[SixtyFootDoll]

ooh love Iona

[edam]

Owain
Lloyd
Taliesin
Ianto
Bryn
Gryffydd

Not so sure about Welsh girls' names, I only had to think about boys!

[edam]

(have a look at the MN baby name finder, on the right under 'useful tools')

[proverbial]

Aisling is pronounced Ash-ling.

[dizzydixies]

Carys would go beautifully with Evan

[bevlin]

Thanks everyone. Lots of welsh names. Think I will avoid another one unless i really love it. Being a bit of a fanny - and it not being too popular/heard of in Scotland yet, I didn't know it was Welsh until the midwive told me .
I know, I know, 10 thousand people since then have said "oh lovely welsh name, is your husband Welsh"?
Then I have to explain how thick I am!
I like Carys but we have a Carys in the family already.
It's so hard and Im one of those people who's head buzzes until Ive made a final decision on a matter - aggghhhh

[dizzydixies]

bevlin - I'm scottish with an irish dh living in scotland so we made the decision to not use very celtic/gaelic names for our girls SO we now have DD1 with an italian name, DD2 with a greek name and DD3 has a welsh boys name

use a name you love, no other criteria needed and certainly no explanation

[LionstarBigPants]

I know an Even with a little brother Robert

[LionstarBigPants]

I meant Evan

[bevlin]

dizzydixies I agree, I've looked at italian names and don't really mind where it comes from as long as it's nice. I think it's just everyone wonders and asks - why welsh?
Will you tell us your DC's names then?

[blushingm]

Erin
Ewan (can be scot or welsh so hopefully no silly questions)
Finn
Ieuan
Logan

[MamaLazarou]

Bevan?

Only joking.

Lots of names would go with Evan. I can't think of many that wouldn't.

[screamingabdab]

My son is Evan, and I love it.

I sadly can't tell you DS2s name for privacy reasons, but I did toy with the idea of Elle if I had had a girl.

Evan and Elle, geddit ........

[scotagm]

Don't know if this helps or not. Ds is called Archie and if we ever have another boy we will be calling him Evan. We have a popular scottish surname - I think Archie and Evan work well together.