Evelyn or Christina?

[Tangi88]

DP and I have decided that we would like to name our daughter either Christina or Evelyn! Which one do you like the most?

[dreamsmama]

Evelyn

[HelenaJustina]

Christina, lots of Eve/Evie’s round here!

[MsChatterbox]

Evelyn

[SundayMorningSun]

Christina

[BikeRunSki]

What @HelenaJustina said!

[Tangi88]

Thank you! Although we plan not to use any nicknames...

Would that still be an issue?

And we will pronounce it as Ev-eh-lin

[AdaColeman]

Christina, so pretty and unusual.

Evelyn seems a rather harsh sound to me.

[Peachbubble]

Christina, sounds nicer and there are loads of Evelyns around.

[Roselilly36]

Both beautiful names, I couldn’t chose between them either.

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

Christina. I'm tired of the Evelyn hype.

[Smellbellina]

Evelyn seems really popular at the moment, although obviously that’s not necessarily a problem!
Personally I would go for Christina.

[sel2223]

Christina Evelyn sounds beautiful

[LadyMonicaBaddingham]

Christina. It's a beautiful name and not yet another Eve/Eva/Evie/Evanna/Evelyn/Evalina (they are all currently pupils at my school, some in multiples)

[MikeUniformMike]

Christina. It's nice. Chrissie, Christie or Tina are nice should it get shortened.
I don't like Evelyn at all, whichever way you say it.

[BabloHoney]

Love Christina, it’s due a comeback. Chrissie is cute for a little girl too

[Thefaceofboe]

Evelyn

[M0mmyneedswine]

Christina as even if you dont shorten it yourselves Evelyn will become Evie or similar by friends at school

[ButterflyRuns]

Christina is pretty, not a fan of Evelyn

[17caterpillars1mouse]

I like Evelyn but Evie's ate everywhere. Its been used to the point of exhaustion in my opinion.

Love Christina, it feels fresh and different, in a good way. I quite like Chrissie as a nn and think Kit could work and would be cool and quirky on a girl, not Tina though

[Flymetothestars]

Evelyn by a million miles

Christina just sounds like Chris with a frill at the end to make it a girls name. Like Philip and Phillipa. Sorry not a fan at all but love Evelyn

[Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav]

Christina, it's different these days, she would probably be the only one. My nan's name was Evelyn which I love but pronounced eve-lyn (as its spelt & as hers was) the other sounds American to me

[Cbeebiesrehab]

My daughter is Evelyn on her birth certificate (but doesn’t go by it) and although I know it’s statistically popular I haven’t heard of another one in our area (despite having heard of a few of her far more unusual diminutive)
Christina sounds quite dated to me and I don’t like Chris or Chrissie.

[DramaAlpaca]

Christina. It's beautiful, but I'm not mad on any of the usual diminutives. The teenage one I know never shortens her name.

I like Evelyn pronounced the Irish way, EV-lyn, but it's apparently very popular nowadays.

[Astronica]

I prefer Christina.

[Tangi88]

Thank you all for the comments.

Most of you comment that Evelyn is popular and this would be an issue.

However, I was hoping that by keeping “Evelyn” as “Evelyn” and by not introducing a nickname, she would be kind of unique and not another Evie/Eva/Eve!

Is this not the case?

Christina on the other hand is much less popular, I agree. We would keep Christina as that though and we don’t plan to nickname her!