Eva-Maria

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suzettenoisette · 04/04/2023 14:16

We are thinking about Eva-Maria for our baby girl. WDYT?

What would you imagine the parents of an Eva-Maria to be like and what kinds of associations do you have with the name?

We want to call her by both names, is it better to use Eva-Maria, Evamaria or Eva Maria?

I'll post the other names on our list later.

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WhatFreshHeckle · 04/04/2023 15:55

I would assume Spanish / maybe south American parents and Catholic.

There are some names like this in my DC's classes. We are in quite an international area and my DCs go to Catholic school.

emmathedilemma · 04/04/2023 15:26

It also strikes me as very Catholic and possibly European (Spanish perhaps) but I can't get past it sounding very like Ave Maria (which is probably why I assume they'd be Catholic).

Twoinapod · 04/04/2023 14:48

Not with the hyphen. Eva and similar are very common now, and she’ll eventually just be called Eva. Id go for Maria on it’s own

toastofthetown · 04/04/2023 14:21

I immediately think of Ave Maria.

I would assume that the mother of an Eva-Maria was younger, as in 2021 there were four hyphenated names in the top hundred for mothers aged under 25, but in none of the other age groups. I prefer Eva Maria of the options, would would expect that she would be known as just Eva by the time she was ten. I don’t have any strong feelings on Eva. It blends right with Evie/Ivy/Ava etc.

MrsBunnyEars · 04/04/2023 14:17

I’d assume very Catholic, possibly European. I like Evamaria from the options!

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