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When you hear the name Eden

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mude · 28/06/2017 19:24

Do you think, male or female?

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RightOnTheEdge · 29/06/2017 22:14

I would think girl because the only Eden I know is the actress who plays Belle on Emmerdale.

I like it. I think it's a pretty name.
I am always really shocked at how mean people can be on name threads.
I'd rather be "chavvy" than a horrible snob.

londonfeather · 29/06/2017 22:02

Boy Eden Hazard -cfc

StarHeartDiamond · 29/06/2017 22:00

Female.

Refilona · 29/06/2017 21:59

I have taught two Edens - spelled differently, Ee-den and Eh-den. One Jewish the other not. One lovely the other awful. Sorry this wasn't very helpful!

Foxsox · 29/06/2017 21:57

I know a boy called Eden but I still think it's more suited to girls

peaceloveandbiscuits · 29/06/2017 21:53

Male but just because I've only ever met one Eden (who was a boy)...

Nonameyet1 · 29/06/2017 21:45

I have a girl called Eden and lots of people have commented on what a pretty name it is. I suppose this only helps if you are thinking of a girl called Eden. I'm certainly not chavvy (ha, maybe chavvy people think that too!) Maybe it's different around the country. When I suggested it before my little girl I had lots of positive comments. Each name evokes all kind of feelings.

originalbiglymavis · 29/06/2017 07:30

Wiki says:
Eden (Hebrew: עֵדֶן‎) as a given name, has several derivations, from the Biblical Garden of Eden, meaning 'delight'; It is given to both boys and girls. The first recorded use is from ancient Israel in the book of II Chronicles. It is also as a variant of the feminine name Edith and the masculine name Aidan.

HillaryWinshaw · 29/06/2017 03:21

Female. I love it - had my youngest been a girl, he'd have been called Eden.

meditrina · 29/06/2017 03:21

Male.

Unless family are telly addicts.

Though it 'became' female for a little while because iPod tharpt daytime soap (I think it was The Bold and the Beautiful) which also put the traditionally female name Cruz onto a male character.

TheSeaTheSkyTheSeaTheSkyyyyyy · 29/06/2017 02:41

Is it just me thinking of Eden Hazard then? Obviously not as famous a footballer as I had thought

This is mumsnet remember, not ladsnet.

TheSeaTheSkyTheSeaTheSkyyyyyy · 29/06/2017 02:40

Male because of Eden Hazard.

I would also pronounce it the way he does too unless corrected.

SchnitzelVonKrumm · 28/06/2017 23:39

Female. Bit naff.

Sophronia · 28/06/2017 23:37

Eden Hazard pronounces it differently, more like eh-den than ee-den, so if I heard ee-den I wouldn't think of him.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 28/06/2017 23:33

Female.

Singingforsanity · 28/06/2017 23:32

Initially female (because of Eden Taylor-Draper) but recently met a really nice male Eden in his 20's, so unisex for me now. And he's very classy thank you very much. Lovely name.

ScarletSienna · 28/06/2017 23:08

Female.

ScarletSienna · 28/06/2017 23:08

Eden. I like it but that snippet from the poem would be enough to make me not use it.

Dinosauratemydaffodils · 28/06/2017 22:30

Female.

I wouldn't be able to the get the Emily Dickinson poem out of my head every time I heard it though:

"Rowing in Eden -
Ah - the Sea!
Might I but moor - tonight -
In thee! "

OldGuard · 28/06/2017 22:24

Female
And a wonderful female too
She'll be Olympic champion one day - 2022

PrincessPlod · 28/06/2017 22:23

Female

emilybrontescorset · 28/06/2017 22:22

Female but I think it would suit either.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 28/06/2017 22:22

Female.
However, I know two brothers, both with the middle name Eden.

SomeOtherFuckers · 28/06/2017 22:20

Female

AmyGardner · 28/06/2017 22:00

Female.

But I'm my mind it's akin to calling your child Heaven or Nevaeh or Precious or something.

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