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Alternatives to Eve?

55 replies

CoalCraft · 17/06/2022 07:43

9 weeks to go until baby girl is scheduled to join us. We've been calling her Eve and I think in all likelihood that'll be her name, but I'm just putting out some final feelers for alternatives.

DH and I both like Eve but neither of us love it. The trouble is I have quite narrow tastes and DH is very fussy - he's vetoed 90% of the things I've suggested (without coming up with any of the serious suggestions himself 🙄 )

I'm looking for traditional female names that don't end in a vowel sound. Things like Catherine, Elizabeth, Imogen (belong to family members), Jocelyn and Delores (vetoed by DH as too old fashioned). We toyed with Harriet for a while but prefer Eve.

Our first daughter is called Beatrix and DH thinks we peaked with that one. He can't see how we'd ever come up with something as nice!

Can anyone suggest alternatives? We're both happy with Eve but I just feel there's an even more perfect name out there I've missed.

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starrynight21 · 17/06/2022 08:01

Maeve .

7catsisnotenough · 17/06/2022 07:59

Yvonne! Then you can shorten to Eve 😊

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 17/06/2022 07:58

Bridget
Eleanor
Josephine
Jenny/Jennifer
Juliet
Isobel
Rachel

PurBal · 17/06/2022 07:57

Rosalind goes nicely with Beatrix. But I really like Eve. Also throw our Marianne.

yefferson · 17/06/2022 07:52

Iris, Helen, Astrid, Adelaide, Clementine, Hazel, Violet, Evangeline, Josephine, Genevieve, Juliet, Charlotte