Eva/Ava/Eve

Must be areas... my dd is Evelyn (ev-e-lyn) she's the only one at her nursery. I've met no others. I'm pleased with my choice. Chose what ever name you love.

So popular, dull and uninspiring. They are however, all pretty names. But I would really be put off by the popularity.

Crikey KERALA, their poor teacher, how on earth do they differentiate?

DD has one duplicate name in her class - there's a good variety otherwise.

I was one of three with my name in my class and it's a name which screams 'born in the mid 70s', not so popular now. DD is also named with a perennial favourite, but is the only one I know (of her age - I know more Mums with her name!) - it does surprise me as it's not like I don't know dozens of children!

I have an Ava (5) and love it! It is a really pretty name and I don't know any others (live in Midlands). I know 2 Florences and loads and loads of Isabelle/Isabellas.

Wow concrete! Girls in dds (age 8) class - eve,eve, eve, eve, Eva, Evie

This name is officially full!

I have a 5yr old and a 3yr old and I don't know a single Eve/Ava/Eva.

I live north of London and I can't quite believe my own first sentence there.

I have an Ava. She is at secondary school, where it is still unusual. I have warned her that by the time she's in Year 11, all the girls in Year 7 will be called Ava!

Florence was popular about 10 years ago in north London .

There were two in my 11 yr old DS's primary class, another in his toddler group and another 10 yr old Florence who lives on our road.

Very popular names, but popular for a reason - they're nice .

I know 2 x baby Eva.

There are three girls called Ava, an Eve and an Evie in my DD (aged 7's) year group.

Am in London.

I know of 3 since DD was born, I'm NW.

I know Florence is popular, but haven't met any. Where are the Florence-knowers based please? Do you think it's quite a posh name? Prefer Eve out of the 3 OP likes, but all v v popular.

It is nice but surely just gets shortened to eve by the world in general? (speak as someone with a dd with different long beautiful name ending in "ine")

Evangeline is beautiful. The first time I heard it was Nanny McPhee and then I heard a french woman say it and that was it! It was mines lol people are always positive when they hear it and by what I look like they're shocked I chose such a name so its a double positive.

OP, if you want a "more unusual name," call your daughter Laura, Katherine or Julia. Oreven more unusualJane or Anne. Eve and its variant names are very, very popular right now!

I actually only know one Evelyn nn Evie - no Eves/Avas/Evas - variants of Isabelle, Sophie and Isla seem to be more popular where I am in the SE.
I love Evangeline.

Nope - lots of Ava's though!

Wow Rigglin how have you not met another one? Every other girl under 10 here I kid you not is called Eve/Evelyn/Evie/Ava. Most families with 1 plus girl have an Eve. Perfectly nice name but the popularity is out of all proportion!

We have an evelyn, but on pain of death does anyone shorten it to Evie.

We had real reservations about using it as we both really detest the potential NN.

Haven't met another one yet although we have a flourish of Ava's and Aoifes.

In DDs very large yr3 year it's the single most popular group of names. Eva, Evie, Ava etc. I do love the name though!

We have a Neve. Worth considering.

You can't move for Evas, Eves and Evies round here (South London). I only know two Avas, though.

Hasn't peaked here. Have done some volunteering at baby groups and the eve/Evie/Eva's keep coming. These names are full! In the south west anyway

2013 stats but with variants added up (I've only included names with 50 or more babies born.

You can do a certain amount of arguing over which belong to Amelia or Emily but you can definitely see the point here anyway.

The 'real' top 7 is more like 1) Ava, 2) Amelia, 3) Isabella, 4) Sophie, 5) Lily, 6) Emily and 7) Olivia with the alternatives mixed in.

Ava - 4th 3575 babies
Evie - 14th 2676 babies
Eva - 26th 1822 babies
Evelyn - 42nd 1277 babies
Eve - 131st 408 babies
Evangeline - 324th 144 babies
Ava-Rose - 345th 131 babies
Evie-Mae - 484th 87 babies
Evie-Rose - 519th 80 babies
Ava-Mae - 575th 71 babies
Evalyn - 593rd 69 babies
TOTAL 10340

Amelia 1st 5570 babies
Amelie 52nd 1095 babies
Emilia - 64th 945 babies
Amy 76th 718 babies
Emelia - 185th 283 babies
Aimee 189th 279 babies
Amelia-Rose 214th 237 babies
Emilija - 515th 81 babies
Amalie 561 76 babies
TOTAL 9284

Sophie - 9th 3013 babies
Sophia - 15th 2764 babies
Sofia - 30th 1610 babies
TOTAL 7387

Isabella 8th 3246 babies
Isabelle 19th 2287 babies
Isabel 85th 645 babies
Isobel 89th 615 babies
Izabella 318th 147 babies
Isobelle 386th 113 babies
Isobella 626th 65 babies
Izzy 626th 65 babies
Izabela 659th 61 babies
TOTAL 7244

Lily - 12th 2883 babies
Lilly - 37th 1386 babies
Lillie - 155th 330 babies
Liliana - 224th 226 babies
Lily-Rose - 233rd 216 babies
Lily-Mae - 249th 198 babies
Lilah - 270th 175 babies
Lilly-May - 273rd 172 babies
Lila -290th 161 babies
Lilly-Rose - 306th 152 babies
Lilly-Mae - 324th 144 babies
Lillian - 339th 135 babies
Lillia - 342th 133 babies
Lily-May - 355th 128 babies
Lillie-Mae - 456th 92 babies
Lili - 492nd 81 babies
Lilian -575th 71 babies
Lillia - 608th 67 babies
Lily-Mai - 712th 56 babies
Lily-Grace 766th 51 babies
TOTAL 6857

Emily - 3rd 4049 babies
Emma - 14th 1045 babies
Emillie - 232nd 217 babies
Emmie - 242nd 205 babies
Emmeline - 445th 94 babies
Emmy - 460th 91 babies
Emily-Rose 608th 67 babies
Emeli 699th 57 babies
Ema 750th 52 babies
TOTAL 5877

Olivia 2nd 4598 babies
Olive -233rd 191 babies
Oliwia -280th 168 babies
Olivia-Rose 528th 79 babies
TOTAL 5036

I have one of those, and I still love it. Only one in her year and here I don't know of any younger, think it might have peaked a bit. There are at least 3 others I know in older years at school. It is popular for a reason, my Eve loves her name and is thrilled when she meets another, instant best friends. Use the name you love.

This generations sarah.

Dd (aged 8) one third of girls in her class named a variant of eve. Avoid like the plague!