Eve

[Gemmy1983]

Hi all

Thinking of a name for our first child, a little girl due next April.

How about eve? too short? Seems a nice pretty name. Thanks :-)

[IoraRua]

A pretty name, yes, but there's so many similar popular names along the lines of it around! Evelyn, Evangeline, Evie...

How about Niamh?

[Gemmy1983]

I don't like Niamh due to the spelling.

[IoraRua]

Ah well. What other names do you like, is it particularly short names you want?

Eve is lovely, nothing wrong with it but it is popular enough. I have a popular name (of my generation) and I hated it, so I tend to avoid those names.

[Gemmy1983]

How about Freya? We also like that.

[IoraRua]

I do like Freya! Not met any - I'm a teacher so I meet lots of children.
Am sure some more posters will be along now to give feedback

[Sophronia]

Eve itself isn't particularly popular, it was ranked #159 in 2014 and is falling in popularity each year, however Evie, Eva and Evelyn are all very popular.

[EElisavetaOfBelsornia]

Freya is lovely.

[mrspremise]

We have two girls called Freya in yr4 at the school I work in. Lovely name.

[celtictoast]

Eve is lovely and popular for a reason.

I don't like Freya, it reminds me of fraying cloth.

[Jw35]

Evie is popular but Eve isn't! My 10 month old is called Eve! Lovely name, classic and timeless and very sweet! She is Eve Hazel :) great choice x

[mrsnec]

I like it but I worried it was a bit plain, short and a bit biblical for us so I used it as a middle name. Got lots of positive comments more than her first name actually. And I don't know any others. Dd is 13 months.

[Jw35]

I don't think it's plain I think it's pretty :)

[KERALA1]

Eve is so overused all it's appeal has gone. It's this generations sarah. Most of dd1's friends are named eve or one of its variants. One to avoid.

[eastwest]

I like Eve. Classic, I'd say, rather than over-used.

[SchnitzelVonKrumm]

I've got an Eve and she has been the only Eve in two whole primary schools so I think it's less common than claimed on here. It's simple and classic and it travels. And there are tons of Freyas about - it's definitely one of those names that will date its bearers in decades to come.

[KERALA1]

Seriously every other girl here is named eve. Gets very confusing. One third of the girls in dds class are named eve/Evie/Eva. Perfectly decent name but totally overused - is round here anyway. I have a common name so didn't want that for my dc.