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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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PestoMonster · 11/07/2008 10:48

What about Tegan as an alternative?

EllieG · 11/07/2008 10:45

Evelyn is gorgeous I think

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LazyLinePainterJane · 11/07/2008 10:43

Not thought about the Lyn shortening, FourArms, not one I would want.

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LuLuBai · 11/07/2008 10:43

I really love Evelyn. It was one of DH's favourites and made the top 4 in our list (for a boy or a girl!).

I know Megan is very popular but I've always found it a little ugly (apologies to all those with the name). Also there is the Renault Megane....

Evelyn is much prettier and far, far more unusual. I've only known one and she was French and lived in New York and was oh-so-chic.

Eve, Eva and Ava are all currently soaring up the name charts.

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LazyLinePainterJane · 11/07/2008 10:42

hmmm. thanks all. Megan is a bit too popular for me, though I do really like Meg. It was number 17 last year in the top 100, that is quite high. Evelyn was 99. I like Evie as well.

I was all set on Evelyn, I find that I like the level of obscureness that it has without being weird, IYSWIM, but when I try to call the bump bu the name I find I can't do it.

Not sure I can imagine having a Meg. Argh! There are loads of names that I really like but are not right for me, like Matilda and Isobel.

The problem is, I like lots of names and DH hates all my names (Penelope, Cleo, Cecile, Laurel) and he likes next to none. The only other one we agree on is Eleanor but we both actively dislike Ellie and I can't imagine we could stop that one!

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FourArms · 11/07/2008 10:36

My grandma was an Evelyn, and as my little sister was due on her birthday, they decided to call her that. However, a couple of hours later (after all the phonecalls announcing her birth!), they changed their mind, and called her Eve. Beautiful name I think. She's often called Evie by her friends. I don't think I'd call a child Evelyn, seems a bit old-fashioned, in the wrong way. Would hate to have the name shortened to Lyn/Lynn as well (which is what my grandma was actually known as I think).

Megan is nice, but sounds a bit little girly I think. But I suppose Megan while she's little, then Meg as she grows up would be OK.

I'd go for Eve, but I'm biased

Sim43 · 11/07/2008 10:26

I like Evelyn, it not heard much now, Megan is much more popular now, perhaps too popular. I have a DS but if I had girl I liked Isabelle or Isabella.

PestoMonster · 11/07/2008 10:26

Love Megan, like Evie, but don't like Evelyn at all.

Sorry!

crokky · 11/07/2008 10:24

Not keen on Evelyn, but like Eve.

mishymoo · 11/07/2008 10:22

I think Megan is lovely! Not keen on Evelyn sorry.

sophierosie · 11/07/2008 10:22

I like Evelyn - but DH didn't at all - went for Eve as her middle name.

Also liked Matilda