Changing DD's name at 11 months - changed once already - help me decide PLEASE!

Just call her Evie or Eve - doesn't matter if you have a short surnane - I thnk you have left it too late tbh as she will know her name and you will only confuse her and I agree that in another couple of mpnths it sounds like you will change your mind agan.

agree with Custy, don't make a big deal of it.

On reflection I think Evelyn Charlotte is a lovely name, and would advise you to:

1. Keep the name as it is (it's beautiful) and just call her Eve.

1. Change Evelyn to Eve, as the first name, if Evelyn really does bug you that much. Don't call her Charlotte Eve if you intend to call her Eve, too confusing for a small child/ school/ appointments/ passports etc.

What about

Genevieve
Yvette
Yvonne
Aviva

shortened to Eve/ Yve or Evie if it sounds better with your surname?

Just call her Eve. She can still have her full name officiallly, but she'll be known as Eve. My name is Cathleen, but I have never been anything but Kate all my life.

Don't worry about it - just call her Eve all the time from this second onwards.

In Belgium we get two weeks after the birth to decide on a name and register. You can't change the name after that. You choose a name and you get used to it.

But it's not as if you prefer Charlotte to Eve. Your prefered name is Eve. You've called her Evelyn (a perfectly lovely name)and Eve is a reasonable shortening of that.

Lots and lots of people called their child by a 'full' name just because they love the shortened version. They never use the longerversion but it gives the child options in the long run. My DD1 is Elizabeth. I don't mind Elizabeth but I love Lizzie and that has always been her name. A good friend of mine has a Charlie who is Charles but I have never heard him called that other than at his Christening and he is 7.

Soooo, just call her Eve. You like it, it's lovely and it sound fine with one syllable surnames unless they are something like Heave. No faffing required.

Also know of people using middle name as first name although very confusing for a child when they start school trying to wrie teir name and was a PITA when I worked with kids because the register was always off!

TBH it sounds a bit like nothing will ever be good enough and you just like changing your mind! Leave it as it is and pronounce it whichever way you want.

I love Eve but if it does'nt sound right with surname then Evie or Eva is nice too that way when DD is older she can pick for herself which name she would like to be known as officially!

I have a friend called Carys but the minute she left hospital she became Carrie. Never been officially changed and was registered as Carys that way she had the option when she got older without the faff.

Oh and FWIW I also have a friend called Evelyn and we pronounce it Ev-el-in I don't know if that makes sense but hey ho LOL.

Oh gosh this reminds me of myself. DD was registered as.. drum roll.. Evie Elisabeth, then I realised I HATED it as it wasn't a proper name and had done it in a moment of pregnancy madness, and also didn't want to be known as 'evil evie' etc. SO when I was less hormonal I changed her name to Lucía as it really suited her. BUT the only name DP liked was Charlotte, so there was then a big deliberation on Lucia/Charlotte until I refused to change her name again!
Anyway, you are not alone!! I think if you give a child a name that you never use, that child may wonder why you don't like his/her real name.

If you like Eve, go for Eve. If you want something with more syllables have you considered any Eve variations- other than Evelyn, like Evelina or Eva? I think Charlotte is also a pretty name, save it for DD3!

Honestly Eve Smith for example sounds fine, like a rock star. It doesn't really matter what your surname is I think you need to go with the first name that you will use on a daily basis that you like.

if you need 2 syllables, how about evie?

what a shame to end up with a name that neither you nor your dp is particularly keen on. i would consider changing it officially - to eve if that is what you like. if your dd doesn't like evelyn when she is older, and you don't like it either, it might become a stigma for your all. shame to put that on your dd's shoulders when you could do something about it now.

Change it to Eve Charlotte. Stop worrying about how it sounds with your surname (as long as it doesn't sound ridiculous). If you change it to Charlotte Eve and call her Eve, then you'll only get annoyed at the doctor's surgery calling her Charlotte.

If you like Eve, change it to that. I agree, Evelyn is not a pretty name. i also don't know how to pronounce it.

just use charlotte - you dont have to officially faff about.

inform everyone that she is now known by her middle name