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Helena Kate or Eden

29 replies

HeyJules · 12/05/2014 18:55

Classic or a bit more adventurous? I adore all 3 names. I also like Edie as a nn. Whichever we don't use as a first name we will either use as middle name(s) or perhaps keep it incase of another dd! Due date June 10th and these are our final three Smile

I have always adored Kate ever since I was really young. I fell in love with Eden after Marcia Cross named one of her twins Eden in 2008. As soon as I read it in a magazine I was smitten! Helena I think is just gorgeous. Very elegant. And many cute nn possibilities.

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stripedtortoise · 17/05/2014 20:35

I like all three, but think Eden is the type of name that will rise in popularity because it seems 'unusual' but isn't really and is quite cutsie. ifswim.
I love, love and always have, the name Kate. I'd choose that name for myself if I wasn't X. Not Katherine, just Kate.
Helena is beautiful and so, so underused.

on balance, I'd pick Kate!

HavantGuard · 17/05/2014 17:50

Helena
Kate

Eden

TulipOHare · 17/05/2014 15:38

Eden - it is beautiful and simple (disclaimer - biased because I named my DD Eden Wink - I loved it ever since I first heard it as a teenager, so when we had a DD there was no other name in the running).

I dislike Helena, but only because it is strongly associated for me with a girl at school who was v irritating and vacuous.

Kate is all right, it has the advantage of being timeless - doesn't ever seem dated - and again, is simple to say and spell. But it is my name, and I really hated it as a child. No reason, I just did. I always wanted to change it.

TwllBach · 17/05/2014 15:00

(Although Helena Kate is a beautiful name)

TwllBach · 17/05/2014 14:59

I love Helena, it's beautiful, I like it Helen-a rather than helayna though.

I'm a Kate as a shortened version of the name on my birth certificate and I've never really liked it if I'm honest. Eden I'm not keen on but love Edie! Could it be short for Edith?

Marcipex · 16/05/2014 18:31

I know one male and two female Edens fwiw.
I like it for a girl.

manicinsomniac · 14/05/2014 11:51

I love Eden

Kate is okay. I'm not keen on Helena

Nocomet · 14/05/2014 11:33

Helena, Kate is slightly dull.
Only Eden is male.

DandyDindie · 14/05/2014 11:19

Eden, lovely, unlikely to be 3 others in the class but not wierd

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PunkAssMoFo · 14/05/2014 09:09

Helena

Swoosg · 13/05/2014 19:56

Helena Kate is a gorgeous name... I nearly went for that with dd2.

Leeds2 · 13/05/2014 17:31

First Helena, then Kate. Lovely together, with Kate as a middle name.

Not keen on Eden.

Gileswithachainsaw · 13/05/2014 11:26

Eden

OublietteBravo · 13/05/2014 11:25

I love Helena. My DD (10) is Helena (Hel-ay-na), although she prefers the nickname Lenny.
I also like Kate, which is DSis1's name,
Not so keen on Eden (the only one I know is a girl rather than a boy).

devoncreamtea · 13/05/2014 11:15

Kate excellent name.

Helena - elegant

Eden - not a fan, dunno why.

LosBreakingBad · 12/05/2014 21:47

My friend has an Hel-ay-na, they spell it Helaena. It's a beautiful and classic name.

tryingtocatchthewind · 12/05/2014 21:13

Helena if pronounced hel-ay-na, I'm not as much of a fan of Helen-a as a pronunciation.

I love Kate too.

Eden is nice but too out there for my tastes

MuttonCadet · 12/05/2014 21:10

Helena, Katherine, Elspeth. (Sorry I don't like Eden).

Locketjuice · 12/05/2014 21:09

Eden-Helena Smile

burgatroyd · 12/05/2014 21:07

Eden

Bowlersarm · 12/05/2014 20:13

Kate

whattimeisitanyway · 12/05/2014 19:02

Helena Kate for me.

Helena is timeless and elegant. Kate is a great name.

I'm not fond of Eden at all. I also know more little Edens than Helenas so it isn't v adventurous or unusual if that is something important to you.

Mrsindecision · 12/05/2014 19:01

I would choose Kate out of the 3. I would avoid Helena because the variations in pronounciation would annoy me enormously and I'm not keen on Eden.

Ohanarama · 12/05/2014 19:01

oops sorry I thought you meant Helena and Kate as the middle name....I vote Helena then...classy and not over-used.