If YOU have an Evie

It's a beautiful, beautiful name. And it was my grandmother's name and she would be ancient if she was alive so it's hardly a modern invention. If it had gone with our surname we would def have used it. My baby boy has a name that seems unpopular with MN, that makes me love it more!!

I think it's an absolutely beautiful name.

Do t let them get to you. I don't have an Evie (nearly had an Eva!) but I have a Noah, chosen partly because it was so unusual! Always slated on her and I've seen it described as 'wet' whatever that means. But I LOVE it and it suits him perfectly and I still think I am SO cool for picking it so I don't really give a sh!t what strangers online say. I know it's hard but try to ignore the nasty comments (and to those of you who've actually made nasty comments about the name Evie on this thread, where OP was clearly looking for some positive comments, you must be really delighted for a chance to kick someone while they're down, when you're lying in bed tonight maybe ask yourself what's upsetting you so much that you felt the need to do that).

It's a lovely name - that's why it is so popular. I hated having an unusual name as a child - absolutely detested it.

Don't know any Evies , none in DD's past nursery or in school. She's 6. It's a lovely name.

Lovely name, and I have a ds toddler and in all the soft plays and playgroups etc I have never heard anyone call out for an Eve/ Evie so it can't be as common as some MNetters may think!!

I do often find myself wondering, when seeing a slating of a name on here, what exactly their children are called?! Surely all names are "common" to an extent (unless bizarrely made up?)

I suppose it's fairly popular but it's still a lovely name! Some people are just weird about not liking anything popular.

It's my youngest middle name, she has a very unusual first name and I choose Eve as a classic alternative. I like to think of the first Eve as the first scientist btw, choosing knowledge over ignorance...

I've got an Evangeline with nn Evie - I love it and haven't seen any of the negative feedback! She is the only one in her year group (admittedly small year) and I only know a couple of others.

I know quite a few Evies but still think it's a pretty name. To be honest anything starting with a vowel has been pretty popular over the last few years, there also seem to be plenty of Amelias, Ellas, Emilys etc around.

dd1 was playing a game yesterday where the main character where she was calling herself Tracey, so by the time we have grandchildren it'll swing round again!

If it helps any I love the name, I only have boys but if I would have had a girl she would have been Eve with Evie as a nickname. I think it is a beautiful name, I wouldn't consider it trendy, it is popular but not trendy.

I love the name

Hi I don't have an Evie, but I do have an eight year old called Isla (not quite the same spelling though valid, not made up alternative). I could therefore have written your post. However I have to think that the context in which I named her was different, I did check the popularity at the time but was not savvy enough to predict it was on the rise. Also didn't know any children at that time though was aware of what names were popular (Isabelle, Grace, Ruby etc) and avoided them ( funnily enough don't know any Graces or Rubies now, so popular names don't always equate to loads in a class at all.)

I also get upset when I see people make comments about the name being meh or everywhere at the moment, and worry about whether she will like her name - but I asked her recently and she seemed surprised by the question and don't think had given it any thought! There are currently no other Islas in her school, brownies, ballet or at my other child's nursery. But I do hear it out a lot usually being applied to a toddler, which stressses me out.

Anyway, I think Evie is a lovely name and will suit a grown up in any walk of life. There are only 2 in my kids' school, quite different ages. 2 Lucy's too which I personally find quite a dull name. Not keen on Elizabeth either.

I work at a nursery and we have 4 called Evie and another Eva. Last year we had an Evelyn. It's popular, yes, but it's lovely! I'd rather that than something overbearing and pretentious.

I have an Evie, no others in her school. Much less popular than Isobel.

In real life Evie is fine. Round here, Ellie and Sophie are far more popular but I don't find myself sick of them.

MN tends towards über classical names from Shakespeare or names that you'll probably never hear in real life because they are so niche. I don't get the angst about having a top 100 name or one that's getting increasingly popular.

My oldest had a number 1 name but has never been in a class with another boy with the same name. In his y6 class (15 girls) there were 5(!) Sophies which wasn't even top 10 for his birth year.

Tbh most people like me wouldn't shoot down a comment like "not another Evie" because we cba to get het up by a sweet normal name.

Evie was on my short list both times. Haven't met one in all of the primary schools I've worked in, so I don't think it's that popular here (south London).

My DP vetoed it as he said it sounded like a Pokemon. Little does he know that that's where I got the idea from It's a very cute Pokemon, though!

I have a bunny rabbit called Evie

Expecting myself and considering Evie if it's a girl. I wouldn't be too worried about what some snobs on the internet think.

Love Evie! Never heard anything bad about it.
Don't like Elizabeth tbh.
Don't worry about what people on an anonymous forum think

That's in the year not the class!

Unfortunately we do have 3 Evies, an Ava, and an Eva in DDs year 4.

But it's not a problem and I think it's just how it works. DDs middle name is Eve. I love it.

There are also 3 Lily's and 3 Isabelle's

Even the most popular names don't usually end up with "4 in a class". I saw some stats a while ago, and if I remember rightly, about 1 per cent of girls (so 0.5 per cent of children) have the number 1 name.

To get 4 girls in a class of 30 boys and girls, you'd need 4/15 girls to be called "Evie", which would need 26 per cent of all girls born that year to be named Evie!

I have an Evie. She's one of 2 in her year at school (an intake of 75) . We named her Evie because we loved the name. We come across other Evies from time to time but certainly not every other child and no one we know socially. DS1 has a much less common name (just inside top 100) and we know more of his name. It's just one of those things. If you like it, use it.