Eva ?

Gosh I've met quite a few Evas and it's such a nothing name. Aurelia does not fit it and is just an overall twee name. I don't know, sorry, I don't like these names.

SO IT IS

ZOMBIE THREAD

If id have had daughters i likely would have chosen Eva Jane and Erin Kate. 🙂🙂

I'd just like to state here and now that my middle name was Eve BEFORE it got massively trendy (was about 30 years too early) :P

Incidentally - the reasoning behind it was that my nan was an Eva, and I was the first girl as in the Adam and Eve sense. I've also got a three letter first name as well... made learning to write my name at school a doddle for a lazy nowt like me :D

I do know two Elizabeth's who are never known as Liz. They are both always known as Elizabeth and always have been! Also the nn Liz isn't the only one... there's Libby, and Beth.

I love Aurelia, it's so beautiful. I also love Amelie. I like Eva too, but it seems so.. short and unfinished. Having been given a short name myself, I always wanted something more elegant, so I am biased in favour of long, elegant names!

D'oh, that's supposed to say changed it officially to Ariana.

Beveridge only just read your post.

She was about 12 months when we changed it officially to Eva, but before that had started using Ariana with her as well. It took a few months before we fully remembered to keep calling her Ariana, so for a while she was both! But she responded to both and never seemed confused!

She is now Ana, most of the time, and Ariana when I'm cross! She knows her name and recognises it when she sees it - is nearly 2 now, so obviously hasn't caused any probs. She knows the name Eva as well as I kept her door letters spelling Eva and have them in a pretty beaded bag in her room, which she likes to play with.

I am very glad we made the switch. Although I don't like Ariana quite as much as Eva, I am happier with her having a slightly more unusual name and it actually really suits her.

OP - both Eva Nicole and Eva Aurelia are lovely; the second is my fave!

There are very few Elizabeths under the age of 20, so in that respect it is dated, despite being a classic name.

And I agree that pretty much no adult Elizabeths go by their full, four-syllable name!

Eva is lovely. If you love it, use it!

I think any name that becomes very 'fashionable' will inevitably fall out of fashion and therefore feel 'dated'.

And imo Eve/Evie/Eva are indeed very fashionable at the moment. As is Amelie/Emily/Milly/Tilly imo.

I do actually like Elizabeth - but every adult Elizabeth I've known has been called Liz, no matter if she likes it or not.

That's enough to make me stay well away from Elizabeth.

I have the same problem with Florence/Flo.

I don't think Eva will date. I know a few Evie, Evelyn and Ava but no Eva, except the one I went to school with.

Elizabeth is far nicer and more classic than Evie/Eva.

Elizabeth will never date.

No it's so much nicer than Liz

Eva/Evie/Eve/Ava all blend into one for me. Overused and not classic enough to guarantee that it won't date. It's hardly Elizabeth is it!

Mum of an Eva Jane here! Aurelia is a lovely name, but maybe quite a few vowels there when combined with Eva?

TBH, I'm only noticing the numbers of Eva/variants of Eva around now but we love it and wouldn't pick anything different for her.

I grew up as a Beveridge SurnameInitial as my name was very popular in the Seventies and it didn't do me any harm (in fact, had another Beveridge not left my primary school I would have been known on artwork on the walls, etc. as Beveridge Twolettersofmysurname!)

CanNeverDecide - I'm intrigued, do you actually call your DD Ariana on a day to day basis now? How did she react to the change?

Another vote for Aurelia - beautiful. Much nicer and more interesting than Eva/Eve/Evie...

How about Aurelia Eve?

I have an Eva, and whilst we have met other Evies, we have never met another Eva.

It's a classic name, we choose it as it's a family name and I don't think it will date like Evie will

I really like Aurelia...much nicer than Eva and there probably won't be any other Aurelias in her class!

I like Eva Aurelia. Think it 'goes' much better than any of the others on your list. Definitely don't like Eva Ivy.

I agree that Eva is a different sound to Eve/Evie and if you truly love it, then I think you should stick with it or you'll be on here in 6 months asking about changing your babys name to the one you initially liked.

Go for Aurelia - it's beautiful.

Eva, Yva, Eve, Evie, Yvie, are all very popular - I know 8 little girls aged under 18 months with these names.

I absolutely love Eva Aurelia and also Aurelia Eve. I say go for it. Aurelia is far nicer than the other names you mentioned.

(Eva sounds completely different from Evie).