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Everdeen??? Girls baby name.

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EBoyd88 · 26/06/2017 10:18

Hello All,
I’m a newbie to Mums net.
My husband is absolutely adamant he wants our daughter to be called Everdeen, he loves the name. I’m a little less sure, I can’t find any evidence of it being even a name or being used as a name. What do people think? Is it crazy to pick a name that has been made up?
Thanks for your help 

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FartnissEverbeans · 29/06/2017 21:12

Just remembered my username is a hilarious pun on the name of the Hunger Games character so that should give you an idea of how well known it is I suppose! Grin

FartnissEverbeans · 29/06/2017 21:10

Everdene is also the surname of Bathsheba from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. Most people will associate it with Hunger Games though.

I actually see the appeal, it's a pretty word, but the Hunger Games connection would really, really put me off. It would make you sound like superfans.

How about a variation on it - Everly? Ever?

MacarenaFerreiro · 28/06/2017 21:52

Everdeen is awful.

Evangelina, Emmeline, Evelyn much, much better.

HeteronormativeHaybales · 28/06/2017 21:51

Argh, can't type.

HeteronormativeHaybales · 28/06/2017 21:50

I'm a bit bemused at the love for Everly. It sounds, as a girl's forename, made up, and yy to Everly brothers. It's better than Everdeen, but that's prtety much its only virtue. And ti's far too similar-sounding to Emily.

How about Elena (or Eleanor), Elodie (also a bit close to Emily though, in sound and rhythm) or simply Eve? Not an E name, but with a similar vibe IMO - Leonie - madly popular over here in Germany, but unusual in the UK and quite pretty.

Joeybee · 28/06/2017 21:33

Everdeen sounds awful. It sounds like the name of a council estate or nursing home or psychiatric facility! Not a persons name. Just no!
Can he not compromise for something like Emily or Everley or Eden?

Hotpinkangel19 · 27/06/2017 21:52

Everdeen is awful, sorry. Think Everly is not nice either.

Unadon · 27/06/2017 14:43

C0RAL Exactly. I know someone who was named after Gene Simmons. He does not like KISS in the least bit and is looking to legally change his name.

C0RAL · 27/06/2017 14:35

If you love Jimi Hendrix or David Bowie so much, change your own name to Hendrix or Bowie, introduce yourself to some colleagues that way and see how you like it.Not fair (imo) to burden a child with it as they don't have a say

This should be on a sticky at the top of the baby name board.

Some parents to be are so egotistical they cannot see their child as a person on their own right, who will have their own personality and views . It's just an opportunity to make a statement about THEMSELVES to show how clever / cool / yoonique they are.

barrygetamoveonplease · 27/06/2017 14:20

Everly Rose
Then her siblings could be the Everly brothers.

barrygetamoveonplease · 27/06/2017 14:20

is Everdene a preferred spelling? //Yes, for a holiday cottage
Grin

Unadon · 27/06/2017 14:18

I think Everly Rose is great.

usernamenonumber · 27/06/2017 14:16

Everyone in the current generation of baby girls has Rose for a middle name, unless they have May.

ziggy1986 · 27/06/2017 14:10

It's nice for a middle name. It's dull as a first name.

Everly Rose beautiful

ErrolTheDragon · 27/06/2017 13:24

Rose is beautiful, and timeless.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 27/06/2017 13:18

ziggy, I think the op is set on using Rose as it's a family name.

ziggy1986 · 27/06/2017 12:58

Rose is dull.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 27/06/2017 12:38

Is there* ffs

Decaffstilltastesweird · 27/06/2017 12:20

Sorry, I wouldn't name a child Everly if my name was Emily. They are quite similar.

Everdeen isn't a million miles from Emily either. Is their a reason you are drawn to these sorts of names in particular op? It may be that you like the familiarity?

Rose is a lovely name on its own. Could you use that as a first name? Or maybe Rosalie, Rosanna, Rosa?

Loopytiles · 27/06/2017 12:05

I think it does matter that you are Emily, should rule out Everly IMO, sound silly together.

OrangeJulius · 27/06/2017 11:44

I like it. It makes me think of Bathseba Everdene, and Far From The Madding Crowd is one of my favourite books.

NavyandWhite · 27/06/2017 11:31

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KeepFuckingGoing · 27/06/2017 10:58

EBoyd - you should change your user name. As you have told us what your name is, it is t hard to guess your full name and year of birth.

Apologies if wrong. Just concerned with your anonymity.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/06/2017 10:49

Everly Rose is beautiful EBoyd. 😄⭐️

hophop333 · 27/06/2017 10:26

Phew :)

Everly Rose is lovely and agree it doesn't matter in the slightest that your name is Emily, I think they sound cute together anyway