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Thoughts on Eden??

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amberph · 22/07/2020 13:52

Was thinking about Eden for our DD. Any thoughts or other suggestions??

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PoodleMoth · 28/07/2020 21:46

I know 3 all girls/women and all lovely!

VenusClapTrap · 24/07/2020 09:44

It’s a boys name to me.

PelicanDeuce · 24/07/2020 00:11

I know three. All boys under 10.

GinWithASplashOfTonic · 23/07/2020 22:59

I like Eden and love the sentiment. But where I live it would have Project tagged on to the end of it 😔

Inthemuckheap · 23/07/2020 22:54

Only Eden I know is a man in his 40's. He's a dickhead so it's a no from me.

OhYeahYouSuck · 23/07/2020 00:07

I really like it for a girl. It sounds feminine to me and I've never heard of it for a boy.

sanityisamyth · 22/07/2020 23:27

@saltycat

Ah no, it has to be Brandy! Search a similar thread for the Brandy v Eden name debate.

I like it.

That's because OP started both ...

123Dancewithme · 22/07/2020 23:21

Not keen.

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 22/07/2020 23:06

My dd is eden.
Only ever had compliments on her name.

Cbeebiesrehab · 22/07/2020 22:22

Only like it for a boy unfortunately.

Quizeerascal · 22/07/2020 19:10

It's a unisex name imo, named as others have said for the garden of Eden so not attached to a specific gender

CarrieMoonbeams · 22/07/2020 18:07

Love it. I don't have DC so I have to wait for more pets that I can give my favourite names to - I'm still waiting to get an Eden, Willow, Florence and Morgan!

saltycat · 22/07/2020 18:07

Ah no, it has to be Brandy! Search a similar thread for the Brandy v Eden name debate.

I like it.

RuthW · 22/07/2020 18:02

I've never heard if a boy Eden. It's nice for a girl.

Rafflesway · 22/07/2020 15:58

Love it whether for a boy or girl!

Gatr · 22/07/2020 15:55

Really like it!

Similar names for me that arent similar sounding are nature style names eg. Bird names like Wren, robyn, Trees like hazel, willow, floral names a or more general like raine, April.

Sally872 · 22/07/2020 15:53

Only Eden I know is a woman well into her 40s so I definitely don't think it is a boys name.

I like it, different but not unheard of.

AudacityOfHope · 22/07/2020 15:51

I don't like it, it's a bit like calling your child Paradise. I mean obviously you'll think they're perfection but Grin

Elouera · 22/07/2020 15:22

I've always loved it and assumed it was a girls name! A little different, without being really out there. Its on my list too.

BellaVida · 22/07/2020 15:20

I like it and have heard for boys and girls. Alternatives I think are along similar lines:
Edith
Edie
Elysia/ Elyse
Eliora
Elara
Eva/ Evie/ Ava
Everly
Esther

Bubbletrouble43 · 22/07/2020 15:16

Erm... Evelyn waugh?

MikeUniformMike · 22/07/2020 14:39

Given that we had a prime minister called Eden, you could call her Cameron or Blair, or even Heath.

Eden will be Ede. Don't like it.

BillyAndTheSillies · 22/07/2020 14:33

I have a boy Eden, never had a bad opinion on it unlike DS1's name which is very marmite.

Saw it in an article and fell in love with it. But I've only ever seen it as a boys name. DH's Irish side of the family liked it as Aidan is a derivative.

He's only 10 months but he usually goes by Eddie as a nn given to him by his older brother.

MikeUniformMike · 22/07/2020 14:28

It's a chain of bookmakers down here. Seems downmarket.

InkieNecro · 22/07/2020 14:25

@legalseagull

Surely it's not a name set to one sex? It's not comparable to Evelyn, as that's after Eve, a female character. The Garden of Eden is a place - not a person with a sex?

I'm not particularly keen as it's a bit hippy for me, but it's not awful. I wouldn't like to be called Eden as an adult. I'd assume a child called Eden was from a very religious family

Evelyn was a boys name
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