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niugboo · 13/04/2023 16:40

pancakesandpepsi · 13/04/2023 15:29

@ElizabethBest thank you for the insight. Yes, you are totally right about there being no guarantees. It would be Sod’s Law we’d pick the other name and it would suddenly rocket up the charts! Just a case of deciding which we actually prefer, popularity aside.

I know a lot of people are of the opinion that the name Evie/Evelyn/Eve etc will date badly, but I’m not sure how they are predicting this. Of the names of my generation, some seem very dated now and others (like mine) are still in the top 20. Not sure how anyone would have predicted this when they were naming their babies 30 years ago.

Evelyn won’t date. It’s a well known name that’s existed for centuries.

Evie will.

suzettenoisette · 13/04/2023 16:39

I can only think of one.

I know several Evelyns, Evas, and Eves but none of them get called Evie.

Eva-Marie is a top name for our daughter.

darjeelingrose · 13/04/2023 16:36

RedToothBrush · 13/04/2023 14:08

Eva is an Evie as far as I'm concerned. You are kidding yourself into believing it's different.

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Why did you quote this post that essentially says the same thing as you, to tell the poster they were kidding themselves? Weird.

Frankincense88 · 13/04/2023 16:31

1 baby Evie.

But I am a secondary teacher and there are at least 3 in each year group at my school and one in each of my classes.

West Mids for reference.

Hotvimto3 · 13/04/2023 16:29

One and shes sweet

Orangetapemeasure · 13/04/2023 16:26

DD (11) has 3 friends called Evie. Very confusing. I know another aged 4.
DD has a very normal name. We have yet to meet another under the age of 20

HiImTheProblemItsMe · 13/04/2023 16:23

South West. I'm a secondary teacher and also have dc in nursery and primary school. Evie has to be one of the most popular names round here. I know absolutely tons of them. They are known as Evie F or Evie S or whatever at my school due to the sheer number of them, and the same in dc1's school.

sjxoxo · 13/04/2023 16:17

4.. in London

CM1897 · 13/04/2023 16:16

pancakesandpepsi · 13/04/2023 08:23

So grateful for all the responses on my previous thread.
To further this - and hopefully help to narrow things down further for us - I wanted to ask specifically how any Evies do you know? If you’re happy to share your region (north, south etc) that would be great.
Thanks so much to those who already answered this as part of my previous thread!

Thanks in advance!

I know three Evie’s, south west. One is a 9 month old baby, one is 3 years old and ok is 8 years old

Tillow4ever · 13/04/2023 16:14

1 - East Midlands

BUT my first thought when I heard the name is of the Pokémon… slightly different spelling but pronounced the same. Don’t know if that would affect anyone choosing the name!

RedToothBrush · 13/04/2023 16:07

pancakesandpepsi · 13/04/2023 15:29

@ElizabethBest thank you for the insight. Yes, you are totally right about there being no guarantees. It would be Sod’s Law we’d pick the other name and it would suddenly rocket up the charts! Just a case of deciding which we actually prefer, popularity aside.

I know a lot of people are of the opinion that the name Evie/Evelyn/Eve etc will date badly, but I’m not sure how they are predicting this. Of the names of my generation, some seem very dated now and others (like mine) are still in the top 20. Not sure how anyone would have predicted this when they were naming their babies 30 years ago.

Because its so on trend. It WILL date because the trend will pass.

Apparently the sweet spot for avoiding something too popular but not too out there is supposed to be the current top 300 to 500 - keeping an eye on how quickly it has shot up in the last few years.

Its easy to check trend patterns using https://names.darkgreener.com/

(You can search by part names too - so if you enter Ev it comes back with search results of all names starting Ev).

When you do so, you can see just how many names with a variation on 'Eve' are coming back which really mark it out as 'being of its time' more so than perhaps other names.

If you want to avoid the 'screams 2020s name', Evie (and variations on the theme) is really THE one to avoid tbh.

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Lcb123 · 13/04/2023 15:55

1 - in south east. She’s a cat

DemBonesDemBones · 13/04/2023 15:53

So many little girls and little dogs. It's a really sickly sweet name.

rattlinbog · 13/04/2023 15:44

I don't know any at DS's nursery

Marmite27 · 13/04/2023 15:41

West Yorkshire, dozens of them! And Ava’s.

Ranging from mid-20’s to newborns, it’s insanely popular here.

Rowthe · 13/04/2023 15:39

I know a few kids.

My daughter is really jealous of her friends who is named Evie.

As that is the name of her favourite pokemon- eevee.

She wishes she was named after a pokemon, and is an eevee expert.

Hollybobs1 · 13/04/2023 15:38

1 north west England

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pancakesandpepsi · 13/04/2023 15:36

@ElizabethBest completely agree! Thank you so much. Just need to decide now which we prefer :)

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cloudonego · 13/04/2023 15:36

I don't think they will date badly. Even when you look at names like Gary, Simon, Kevin etc, you'd only laugh at a baby being called that, if they're 40 year old blokes you wouldn't bat an eyelid! Evie is like Sarah or Louise in the 90s, the biggest "risk" is it will feel a bit bland as it's so common (I say that as someone who used a popular name with no regrets, I liked it and still do)

There are very, very few genuinely timeless names, and even they can be boring really.

Rainbow1901 · 13/04/2023 15:36

1 in North West aged 9/10

ElizabethBest · 13/04/2023 15:34

you can only go with what feels right to you. My DS is the only one at his whole school with his name now, even though there were 5 others at his nursery. And names are cyclical - even the unlikely ones will come back round eventually. OK, maybe not Karen. But the others will!

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pancakesandpepsi · 13/04/2023 15:29

@ElizabethBest thank you for the insight. Yes, you are totally right about there being no guarantees. It would be Sod’s Law we’d pick the other name and it would suddenly rocket up the charts! Just a case of deciding which we actually prefer, popularity aside.

I know a lot of people are of the opinion that the name Evie/Evelyn/Eve etc will date badly, but I’m not sure how they are predicting this. Of the names of my generation, some seem very dated now and others (like mine) are still in the top 20. Not sure how anyone would have predicted this when they were naming their babies 30 years ago.

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cloudonego · 13/04/2023 15:22

Looooads in my eldest's class (year 7) it was the name of the time, I haven't heard many being named it recently as I assume it's had it's day from being so over used.

ElizabethBest · 13/04/2023 15:22

2 adults, and about 30 children, but I do work in maternity, so I encounter more babies/children than the average person! :) I'm in the SE.

We went with a name that wasn't in the top 100 when we had DS. There were 6 at his nursery, and the year after it shot into the top 40 and has been there ever since so there are bloody hundreds with the same name. There's no guarantee. Why don't you wait and see what she looks like, and take it from there? We had a top 3 and just waited until he arrived to pick.

menopausalbloat · 13/04/2023 15:20

My daughter, 12, is called Eva and is known as Evie. S Wales.