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Evelyn or Megan?

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LazyLinePainterJane · 11/07/2008 10:21

DH and I are at loggerheads debating these two names. I like the first, he likes the latter. I like Meg, not keen on Megan but DH says that Meg goes better with DS's name.

I don't want to discourage him as he has spent the last 23 weeks set on one name that I vetoed and refusing to budge so any movement in the name department is good.

So which do you prefer?

AND, if you like Evelyn, what other names do you like or possibly choose for your children as I love the name but feel strange using it?

Thanks!

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LazyLinePainterJane · 11/07/2008 13:31

Sim, when I was about 17 I had a real thing about a sub-par second rate indie band called Marion, and swore that I would name my son Marion after them

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yorkshirepudding · 11/07/2008 13:30

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cazzybabs · 11/07/2008 13:29

she is known as Evie though

cazzybabs · 11/07/2008 13:27

I have an Evelyn Mary..she is dead cute and really easy and slept through the night early on.

Sim43 · 11/07/2008 13:21

No, but John Wayne's real name was Marion and the wrestler known as Big Daddy was really called Shirley. So lets face it anything goes!

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LazyLinePainterJane · 11/07/2008 13:05

well yes, but Evelyn was his middle name for a start, and while it is used as a male name as well, it is uncommon.

Does anyone know any boys called Evelyn?

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mazzystar · 11/07/2008 13:00

Evelyn is very classy
Megan is nice, but it is very much of its time iykwim

LuLuBai · 11/07/2008 13:00

Evelyn Waugh's first wife was also Evelyn.

Now that would be confusing.

LuLuBai · 11/07/2008 12:58

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Waugh

puppydavies · 11/07/2008 12:33

surely evelyn is unisex?

bikerunski · 11/07/2008 12:33

Evelyn please. I LOVE it, but know it would be shortened to Eve or Evie whether I like it or not, and DH is Adam, so that's just too silly!

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LazyLinePainterJane · 11/07/2008 12:30

LuLu, DH does not "do" any name i suggest unisex names. I have suggested a few.

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BasementBear · 11/07/2008 12:26

Megan and Evelyn are both lovely, but v.popular round our way.

LuLuBai · 11/07/2008 12:24

How about Gabriel? That was another one of my DH's favourites (again for either sex - he likes those unisex names for some reason)

clam · 11/07/2008 12:23

Well, I'm a bit biased, as I have a Megan (aka Meggie, Megsie, MegsieMo, Meg, Megs etc..). I hate Evelyn (old lady's name) but think Evie is lovely. I would therefore have chosen Eva as a "proper" name for the Christening, but to be known as Evie.
But, there are 4 Megans in her class!

LuLuBai · 11/07/2008 12:22

Yup Cyteen - I agree that Megan is a dog's name to me too. My ex had a dog (a fairly ugly one) called Megan and she was always known as Smeg (apologies again to anyone with the name).

youngbutnotdumb · 11/07/2008 12:17

I think Megan is nice not Meg though don't know why. But I like Evelyn to but I love Eve is a cute name. Random I know but didnt read the whole thread and wasnt sure if you were lookin for shortened versions.

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LazyLinePainterJane · 11/07/2008 12:11

They are both lovely names. I thin it's just the Megan bit I am unsure about and I imagine that we would always call her Meg. Though DS has a shortened name as his name......

Evelyn is classic.

cries with confusion

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branflake81 · 11/07/2008 12:03

I'm a Megan. best name in the world

Sim43 · 11/07/2008 11:54

Oh yeh I love it too now, but we are going back 24 years or so and it was very unusual then believe me. I would probably choose it myself now.

Stargazer · 11/07/2008 11:46

I like them both. My DD has a friend called Megan and I had a friend called Evelyn when I was at work. It's always tough deciding on a name. Good luck.

Sim43, my DS is a Benjamin - I love the name. Unfortunately about 3 months after my DS was born and named, somebody on a soap named their baby Ben. Now it's everywhere Still like it though!!

cyteen · 11/07/2008 11:36

I'm with LuLuBai - Evelyn is beautiful and classic and has lots of nice shortenings (Lyn aside), whereas Megan/Meg is a bit blocky and blah for me. Also my cousin called her dog Meg and ever since it's been more of a dog name for me.

Sim43 · 11/07/2008 11:31

Years ago when my sister gave birth to her DS and called him Benjamin, I thought it was awful and said that's what you call pet rabbits! Inevitably it was shortened to Ben and now I can't imagine why I thought it was so bad!

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LazyLinePainterJane · 11/07/2008 10:53

He has this ability to link almost any name with a bad connotation, so I will say "I like XXX name" and he will start singing a ridiculous theme tune or say a catchphrase that is so old everyone except the dinosaurs have forgotten it that in some way reminds him of the name. You know, the sort of thing, that once your child is born, all that name will be is the name of your child, nothing else but he can't see that.

I think I might have to kill him talk to him again.

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LazyLinePainterJane · 11/07/2008 10:50

Funny you should say that pesto, it has been mentioned (before megan) but we discarded it.

I also like Jennifer and Anna and whispers Clementine...see! I like lots of names, it's DH, he is so bleeding fussy!

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