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Girls name to match Eve

81 replies

Evmamai · 12/02/2025 14:56

Hi all, we have a toddler named Eve and are expecting a second baby girl in March. We found picking Eve’s name super easy and even now she suits it’s so well. Her full name is Eve Alexandra.
Our shortlist right now is

  • Zara
  • May
  • Isla
  • Grace

However none feel quite right, I love May but DH worries that two single syllable 3 letter names is a bitch match. I also love Isla but it is very popular. DH loves Grace but I went to school with. Girl who was cruelly nicknamed “Greasy Grace” and now I hear grease when ever I hear Grace. Zara is another of my preferences but DH says it makes him think of the shop!

So any ideas or suggestions? Our surname is McManus.

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Hunkermedown · 12/02/2025 15:03

Lydia came to mind for me

HippyKayYay · 12/02/2025 15:02

I think May is lovely and don’t see an issue with 2 1-syllable names. They inhabit their own name so quickly that it soon becomes the thing that means them, rather than an abstract name (if that makes any sense!)

ChookaPooka · 12/02/2025 15:01

Elodie

Evmamai · 12/02/2025 15:00

Moier · 12/02/2025 14:58

Great Neice called Eve (age 6) Sister age 3 called Sophia.

I do like Sophia but I find it a little “frilly” and prefer 1 or 2 syllable names. We don’t really love the Amelia/Olivia/Isabella/Sophia names and they are really popular at our DDs nursery.

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loropianalover · 12/02/2025 15:00

Eve and Imogen
Eve and Naomi
Eve and Matilda
Eve and Isobel (or any variant)
Eve and Ruby
Eve and Claire
Eve and Clara
Eve and Kate
Eve and Ruth
Eve and Diana
Eve and Hazel
Eve and Lucy

dare I suggest… Eve and Dawn 😄

Moier · 12/02/2025 14:58

Great Neice called Eve (age 6) Sister age 3 called Sophia.