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Is eve just too common now??

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lovesagoodtidy · 29/01/2020 16:07

Eve is the only name DH and I can even vaguely agree on (Ada comes a close second).

A quick google and Evie/ Eva/ Ava seem ridiculously popular... I mean, they're all lovely names but is Eve going to be chucked in with all the other variations? Is every other girl in her primary class going to be called Evie/Eve/Ava etc?

Ugh. Help please!

My personal favourite (which DH is railing against) is Claudia... But I think unless we have a really traumatic birth (yikes) I'm not going to be able to get away with name DD that!

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 29/01/2020 16:24

Whats having a traumatic birth got to do with it. Your DH either agrees to a name or he doesn'tConfused.

I agree with you Evies Evas are everywhere. However I've not heard of an Eve for years. You have to keep in mind though she could become known as Evie. It happens a lot people adding a y sound to a name.
You just don't know with names, though. Yes you may pick a very popular name but she could still be the only one in her class or year group, even.

Whatsyourflava · 29/01/2020 16:24

It is a popular name but names aren’t like they were in the 80s when we were growing up. For example there are no Oliver’s at our local (fairly large) school and that’s been the no 1 boys name for years. There are 2 Hugo’s though. I also haven’t come across any Eve’s recently but I wouldn’t be surprised if I did as I know it’s fairly popular. You could get statistically really “unlucky” and your daughter could be one of two Eves in a class. Or she could be the only one in the whole school.

Rachelhaydenberk1 · 29/01/2020 16:23

There are a lot of longer versions of Eve but I think using it on it's own is less common. It's a beautiful name!

I like Claudia or Claudette! If you did want longer variations of Eve ice been crushing on Geneve (place name for Geneva) or Evangeline (off limits to me as it's my god daughter's name)