Negative comments make me regret daughter’s name.

See according to this thread I should hate my dd name! I don’t, I still love it and she’s 15. Though she does get fed up of people pronouncing it Eleeeeeza. Evelyn is lovely too, one of dds best friends name.

It's my favourite name and I've always thought if I had a daughter I'd call her Evelyn. Don't listen to people! They've probably given their kids names that you think are awful anyway!

Lovely name. I’d Keep it.

Everyone hated the name I chose for my daughter so I gave it to her as a second name. She now uses it as her first name as she loves it.

And frankly, if people do hate the name, then what does it matter to you? It doesn't, it really doesn't.

Evelyn, Evelina, Evie are all lovely.

Lovely name 😊 I posted mine and dd name under a name change and we were slated by one user 😂 heartbreaking

I'm not going to say don't worry, I'm going to say get a grip.

I think you should be worried, but not about the name, but about your reaction. It's extreme. Do you always worry so much about what people you have never met and probably never will meet, think?
Perhaps mumsnet is not the place for you if you are going to take it so much to heart. You need to separate online from real life a little better and give yourself a good talking to.

Just to add about people irl - 95% of people I tell the names to absolutely love them and say how much it's suits them, and both are usually shortened. I've only ever met one person with DD's name (by chance we were chatting in a queue) and she was absolutely delighted to hear we had the name as she usually felt people were negative about it, it was nice to see her so excited about it and I hope DD gets that positivity.

Not everyone will like the name you pick. It doesn't matter really.

I think Evelyn is nicer than Eliza OP.

Please don't regret it! It's a beautiful name, and IMO so much nicer than Evie, or all the twee Ellie-Maes etc. out there.

I like it. Let go of this current fad against popular names, and be happy with this choice. HOnestly, you can't let strangers on a website dictate how you feel about this.

You get the lowest common denominator if you ask a huge group for names.

Evelyn is beautiful.

I adore the name. Better than some I can think of.

There are two of them in my 7 year old's year group - I think it's making an understated comeback.

I’ve never to this day met anyone as morally strong and kind as her so to me the name means something special

That's an Evelyn- core of steel, heart of gold

I love the name. I know one Evelyn (Eve) my age and a couple of Eve/Evelyn's around DC's ages - it would've been a contender for DS if he was a girl. It's a very pretty name but I don't like it shortened to Evie.

DC have very traditional/old names, people even think DS's is foreign (it's VERY typically english??), I've seen both on here smeared and used as examples of 'try hard middle class' names, and people irl sometimes comment that they sound like pets, but they're names we all love that aren't complete nonsense and that is all that matters.

You seriously need to ignore some of what you read on here. Some people just talk tripe, honestly.

I saw someone come on and post 'what girls names do you hate?' (Nasty thread anyway,) and loads of posters came on with all these names that they hate, and many of them were classed as 'chavvy' by many posters on the thread. A few names were posted - old traditional Victorian names - and some posters said they were dull and boring, and the 'faux middle classes' who are trying to pretend they're not chavs have daughters with these names. (Names were Charlotte, Sophie, Emily, Victoria, and similar.)

A week later, someone posted a thread saying they're very sad because their sister has died, and her name was Sophie. Cue dozens of posts about how lovely the name is, and how much they love Victorian names.

People switch what they say, according to the situation, and what they think other people want to hear, and some people are sheep, and will jump on the name-bashing board. And I don't buy the bullshit that people come out with when they say 'there are many posters on here, so you will obviously have differing views.' That's a cop out. because this happens a LOT.

Evelyn IS a lovely name, and I can't believe that anyone would say they hate it!

keep away from that baby name site that's frequented by posters who wouldn't dare speak face to face the vitriol that they post.They're real 'Nest of Vipers'.

Maybe take a glance around before you insult the site you're posting on

Don't worry - I've seen my DD's name blasted on here, but IRL I'm often complimented on it. I also regularly see negative comments on my own name (common historically but less so now). Meh. Evelyn is a beautiful name and I think it is nicer than Eliza (no offence to any Elizas or parents of Elizas out there!!)

Evelyn was the 22nd most popular name last year, and has been rising fast over the last 5 years. So it's very popular, meaning most people like it!

Not that that should matter anyway. Stop paying so much attention to the opinions of strangers.

Eliza and Elsie are lovely but if you like Evelyn that's your preference, it's your baby!

I love the name Evelyn - if I went on to have another DD that name would be right at the top of my list.

My DD has a name which I saw once on this site - literally every poster said they hated it. I love it and so does she - so what if a few people think badly of it. Your daughter's name is lovely - ignore the nasty comments, please.