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Eve or Evie

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PercyPie · 03/06/2021 08:12

Love the name Evie but aware it's been popular now for a lot of years. Love Eve but is it a bit bland? Looking at using both names but for her official name, what do you prefer...

Eve with the nickname of Evie whilst she is younger

Evie with the nickname Eve

Any other name suggestions welcome, I like Thea, Violet and Willow but other half isn't keen

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SausageRoll2020 · 10/08/2023 16:53

Go for Evangeline, Evangelina or Evelyn. Then you've got both Eve and Evie as nickname options and a 'fuller' name should she want then option later in life.

Coffeeandcakemum · 08/08/2023 20:56

Eve 😊

midsomermurderess · 08/08/2023 19:38

Done to death: a pity if it's your name.

user1477391263 · 08/08/2023 19:36

Eve. Both names are done to death, though!

WakyWally · 06/08/2023 20:41

Abit twee for an adult.

Aria2015 · 04/06/2021 07:46

We have an Eve and we alternate between calling her that and Evie, best of both worlds!

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PercyPie · 04/06/2021 07:40

Thank you for all your comments, we are going to go with Eve Roselyn 😀

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DramaAlpaca · 04/06/2021 01:09

Eve, definitely.

RedcurrantPuff · 04/06/2021 01:08

I think Evie is much nicer

Eva is nice but I don’t like Eve.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 04/06/2021 01:05

Eve is gorgeous - for some reason it is the least popular variation of the "Ev" names in the UK and yet it is the "original" and imo the most elegant and classic feeling. Eve isn't the least bit bland - in fact a long time ago it would likely have been considered very daring because of the Biblical namesake.

Eve also has the "cool" factor Evie lacks a bit to me - Eve's used for a fair few Sci-fi/fantasy characters because of it's fun palindrome factor and the fact it means life. Actually the only thing that puts me off Eve a bit is that she could get confused with many more Evie's, Eva's, Ava's and Evelyn's around currently (nothing wrong with those names themselves but they seem so popular, they kind of blend together).

Raindropumbrella · 03/06/2021 22:34

Eve

ChocOrange1 · 03/06/2021 22:33

My daughter is Eve on her birth certificate, but everyone calls her Evie. She is only 4, so I wanted her to have the option of a more grown up name when she is at secondary school or older, although a lot of kids have nicknamey names as their given names, so nobody would bat an eyelid at an Evie in the sea of Molly, Maisie, Katie etc.

I also love Genevieve with Evie or Eve as nicknames but DH wasn't a fan.

DP2019 · 03/06/2021 22:29

Evie is my daughters name - I have only bumped into 1 or 2 others in the park / play centre, it's not a name I hear often where we are from. I absolutely love it - loved it before she was born and love it more now. :)

midsomermurderess · 03/06/2021 22:19

I'm bias, as people like to say these days, so I'd go for Eve. Diminutives can follow.

3AndStopping · 03/06/2021 21:16

Evelyn on the birth certificate? Then she could be Evie, Eve or Evelyn. I think they’re all lovely actually. & although I always read about how popular they are on here, it’s not an experience I share in real life. Smile

cptartapp · 03/06/2021 17:12

Both a bland nowadays tbh. Evie is particularly weak.

NannyR · 03/06/2021 17:09

I love evangeline, you could have evie as a nickname, pronounced eevie or evvie if you wanted it to be a bit less popular.

PetraRabbit · 03/06/2021 17:05

Eve is simple and classy, a nice name. Evie is twee, sounds babyish on a woman and will date terribly. Sorry!

partyatthepalace · 03/06/2021 16:43

Eve nn Evie is the best if you really want to use it (the other way round is odd), all the variations (Eve/Eva/Evelyn/Ava) are super popular but Eve is still a lovely and elegant name.

If the popularity puts you off perhaps Esther? Violet is nice, but I think Willow is wet and Thea very nothing-y. Stella, Tessa or Jasmine any good?

CoalCraft · 03/06/2021 15:13

@Thegirlhasnoname

to be fair, Teddy is not a good full name either, for the same reason! It's a nice nickname though, and Theodore is a nice full name.

SamMil · 03/06/2021 13:51

I think Eve, with Evie as a nickname Smile

Wildweather · 03/06/2021 13:45

I'm an Eve, I often get Evie as a nickname and am very happy with either. Bias but I love my name Smile

Serpenta · 03/06/2021 13:44

Eve is a lovely elegant name and she can easily move between Eve and Evie depending on age and who she's with etc.

Evie reminds me of The House of Elliot. I used to love watching those two sisters stressing over another fashion house copying their button design. Evie was very beautiful! (if a tad humourless)

Orphlids · 03/06/2021 13:33

Eve is much better. It’s elegant, no frills, and will work on a grown woman. Evie is so cutesy, I can’t imagine it working well on anyone beyond toddlerhood, unfortunately. Plus, there are Evies EVERYWHERE. I seldom hear Eve, although it does blend in with all the similar names.

BiBabbles · 03/06/2021 12:41

I think Eve's nice, not bland at all.

If you want to avoid something popular, Evangeline as the pp used is lovely. Considering your other names - maybe Aveline, Bethia, Althea.

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