Can I have a Summer Eve?

[namechangedforthis3rd]

We are definitely set on Summer - DH and I both love it and it's the only name we can both agree on :) and Eve is a family name on both sides. Does it sound silly? Like you're saying Summer Evening??

[PurpleDaisies]

I'm sorry but yes, it sounds silly.

[Butterpuff]

Yes. But I quite like it.

[GinevraFanshawe]

It sounds like a cheap perfume to me, sorry.

[HardcoreLadyType]

I wanted to call DS Christian Guy. DH suggested Muslim Bloke, instead.

We went for something else, entirely.

[VintagePerfumista]

You can, but you shouldn't. Sorry.

Eve is lovely, as long as it doesn't get the Evie treatment.

[namechangedforthis3rd]

Eve wouldn't get Evie, as it would be the middle name :)

Will just stick to Summer I think! Other family name is Doris, really don't like it.

[EssentialHummus]

No, don't do it. Unless the choice is Eve or Doris, in which case Eve it is, imo.

[namechangedforthis3rd]

Eve, Doris or no middle name :)

[HardcoreLadyType]

What about Eve Summer, but use Summer as the name she is called?

It works better in that order.

Many people go by a middle name.

[HardcoreLadyType]

Will Doris be offended if you don't use her name?

[namechangedforthis3rd]

To be honest, I think doing Eve Summer and going by Summer is worse :( I think it would be more annoying. Thanks for the suggestion though, but Summer will be the first name :) why would Doris be offended? She's our baby!

[MitzyLeFrouf]

I think it's absolutely fine.

[TondelayaDellaVentamiglia]

it's about time Doris made a comeback...c'mon OP do the decent thing.

Summer Eve is just ridiculous though. But maye you could have a whole series of children.

Winter Afternoon, Autumn Dawn, Spring ...ummmm....errrr...Lunchtime?

[ArseyTussle]

Summer is really lovely. Don't have a middle name at all, they're pointless!

[jasmine1979]

No. It's the name of a very famous brand of feminine hygeine products in the US.
www.summerseve.com/

[TDmoocher]

Summer Eve sounds like an Impulse fragrance.

Summer Evelyn?
Summer Evangeline?

[HardcoreLadyType]

why would Doris be offended?

I mean that if Eve and Doris are both family names, will Doris be upset that Eve is used, but not Doris?

[PurpleDaisies]

I mean that if Eve and Doris are both family names, will Doris be upset that Eve is used, but not Doris?

That's a risk any time a family name is used. It's not a reason for choosing one over another.

[1horatio]

I like Summer, Doris and Eve. I'm not crazy about combining any of them...

But a name like summer does need a middle name imo. So, Summer Doris or Summer Eve.

Both are fine :)!

[laurzj82]

It shouldn't work but I actually love it! My best friend's daughter is Summer but with no middle name. Didn't like it at first but it has grown on me.

[HardcoreLadyType]

That's a risk any time a family name is used. It's not a reason for choosing one over another.

Something to consider, though.

[Pythonesque]

2 middle names? Summer Caitlyn Eve, for a fairly random example?

[1horatio]

Or even Summer Doris Eve?

[IWantATardis]

Summer Eve does sound more like part of a description of a summer evening than a name.

[stumblymonkey]

I'm going for Summer Dove (part Doris, part Eve)