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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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EBoyd88 · 27/06/2017 10:11

Spoke with Hubby last night, and we’ve agreed no to Everdeen.
But now it’s back to square one. I do love Everly Rose, glad to hear you think it doesn’t matter that my name is Emily : )

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ErrolTheDragon · 27/06/2017 10:10

Olivia is not really a classic name though, is it. It will date. You will hear it 20 years and know roughly when the person was born.

Eh? Major character in 12th night. Of course it's classic. Many thereafter - eg dame olivia de havilland has been mentioned, Olivia Newton John, Olivia Colman all spread out and unremarkable for their times. I'd have said it was an example of a name which never went totally out of use unlike other cyclic names. (E.g there are probably still a few elderly Elsies and a lot of small ones but very few in between)

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/06/2017 10:05

OP, call your baby girl Everly, if you love the name, it matters not, that you are called Emily.
Everly Rose
Everly Jo
Everly Jean

hophop333 · 27/06/2017 09:57

I disagree @ziggy1986 , you won't be able to tell how old an Olivia is because it has been in the top 10 since the mid 90s!

OP- if you like E names there are so so many to chose from, don't give your baby some made up rubbish!

Didactylos · 27/06/2017 09:57

Everclear?

ziggy1986 · 27/06/2017 09:54

Olivia is not really a classic name though, is it. It will date. You will hear it 20 years and know roughly when the person was born.

hophop333 · 27/06/2017 09:53

Is it a cute take on Aberdeen?

ErrolTheDragon · 27/06/2017 08:51

All names date. Olivia will sound very passé in 20 years for example.

Nonsense, classic names like that have surges in popularity but don't date anything like the trendy 'unique' ones.

The references to the late great David Bowie remind me that while his son was initially known as Zowie Bowie he was actually named named Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, and is of course now Duncan Jones. If you want to use a popular culture or weird name, give your kid the opt-out!

woollychimp · 27/06/2017 08:49

It's not a great name to be honest - what about Adeline or Aveline, or Abelene.

BigGreenOlives · 27/06/2017 08:49

Olivia is timeless - think of Dame Olivia de Haviland. I know Olivias in their mid-20s, it's hardly flash in the pan.

BaffledMummy · 27/06/2017 08:46

Another one that reminds me of Far from the Madding Crowd. It was a surname though. I like it but would probably not pick it due to Hunger Games association.

SuperBeagle · 27/06/2017 08:45

Not all names date. Names like Elizabeth, Catherine, Alexandra, Grace etc. are timeless classics. The same goes for Henry, James, Benjamin, Edward etc.

Whether Olivia will date or not is debatable. It's been in the top 10 where I live for 19 years. That's a far longer stint of popularity than something like Karen had, for example. It's possible that Olivia will become another timeless classic.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 27/06/2017 08:38

*aren't fictional characters

Decaffstilltastesweird · 27/06/2017 08:37

"fictional characters or celebrities, people from popular culture" I should say - I realise David Bowie but Jimi hendrix rent fictional characters Grin

Decaffstilltastesweird · 27/06/2017 08:35

Personal taste and all that, but I don't happen to like children being named after fictional characters where it's really obvious that's why the parent has done it. Using examples I've come across irl; if you love jimi Hendrix or David Bowie, call your DS James or David, if you like. At least that way he can make the name his own. With a name like Hendrix or Bowie, it is quite specific to the celebrities. Maybe your child doesn't like Jimi Hendrix and only likes classical music, or maybe he doesn't want to celebrate / honour him.

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.

That's my personal opinion anyway.

ziggy1986 · 27/06/2017 08:04

All names date. Olivia will sound very passé in 20 years for example.

BubblesBuddy · 27/06/2017 00:21

These names date and are almost laughable! Who wants people sniggering at their child?

ziggy1986 · 26/06/2017 22:58

What exactly is wrong with naming a child after a fictional character anyway. Katniss is pretty plucky.

ErrolTheDragon · 26/06/2017 22:53

Ever & Everdean

Family solicitors, maybe?

Inneedofadvice20172234 · 26/06/2017 21:23

Is your oh a football fan Grin

Inneedofadvice20172234 · 26/06/2017 21:22

Everton??

MoonfaceAndSilky · 26/06/2017 21:16

You will be giving your child a 100% made up name though, so it depends if you're alright with that

But we all know that ALL names were made-up at some point.

is Everdene a preferred spelling?

Yes, much better than Everdeen

Inneedofadvice20172234 · 26/06/2017 20:14

Emelda?

Decaffstilltastesweird · 26/06/2017 20:08

Oh yeah, Far From the Madding Crowd... still not for me. Woodhouse? Potter? Gatsby perhaps Wink?

GinSwigmore · 26/06/2017 20:01

Evangeline is lovely.
Everdeen is an indie rock band from Stuttgart.