Eden for a girl

[PracticallyImperfectInEveryWay]

Just trying to find out if I'm crazy, DH has decided that my taste is in my arse not great. I love the name Eden - would be either Eden Kate or Eden Rose after grandmothers on either side as middle name.

DH first told me it's not an actual name (, I'm aware that it is) but now tells me that it doesn't go with DD1 (Sasha Isobel).

What do you think of Eden for a girl? Does it go with Sasha?

[BooBooGlass]

I don't like it myself.

[strumpet82]

I have to agree, I don't like it myself either. But remember, this is yours and DH's child, your two opinions are what matters.

[MamaVoo]

I think it sounds ok with Sasha. Nothing wrong with it at all and at least it will be different from the 3000 Evie's and Maisie's she'll go to school with.

[PracticallyImperfectInEveryWay]

DH feeling validated already!

Thanks strumpet :)

[Hedwig3]

I like it

[tegan]

i know someone who has a 8 month old irl called Eden Rose. It is beautiful but not my choice

[FullaDoll]

I love the name Eden and had it on my list for a long time. However, somebody on here suggested it was a bit common and chavy.. not sure if this is true?

[exexpat]

I know a very nice and quite posh teenage girl called Eden. I always suspected her parents of naming her after the Everything But The Girl album...

[PracticallyImperfectInEveryWay]

It's evened out now :). Thanks all for your time and feedback. I still love it but get the feeling from DH's reaction that it will turn into one on my list of 'if only I was naming the baby by myself' .

[LaWeaselMys]

I like Eden, my DP sounds like yours though. He kept suggesting Emily as an alternative. Not the same at all!!

DD would've been Lexie if my taste was allowed free reign.

[LetLoveRule]

Boy's name? 3 Edens in DSs class - all boys!

[nymphadora]

I know an Eden. I quite like it

[Hullygully]

I like it. I know a poshish 10 mth old Eden. Well, she's not v posh yet, but the parents are a bit.

[fel1x]

I only know boy Edens

[SpringHeeledJack]

I know a boy Eden- my lovely nephew, so my judgement is a bit skewed

I sort of like unisex names, and it's very sweet- tho admit I was a bit when my sis first announced it

[ShoppingDays]

I know it's used as a first name, but it makes me think of the Garden of Eden... so it sounds too place-namey to me.

How about Elodie, Eve, Edith, Ivy, Eloise?

[Tolalola]

I think of it as a boy's name. I like it, but it sounds a bit odd for a girl, to me.

[GRW]

I love it and it sounds like a girls name to me.

[growing3rdbump]

I've never heard of Eden used for a boy - the two I know are girls.

[memphis83]

i love the name Eden, if i had a girl i was going to call her Eden, older people did point out it used to be a boys name, couldnt bring myself to name my boy it though!

[anonymousbird]

I only know one boy Eden.
Not sure for a girl... possibly, but a bit wierd.

Also, though, the only Sasha I know is also a boy!!!

So my opinion may be worth nothing at all!

[Carrie06]

My DH was going to called Eden but my MIL's father wouldn't let her as he said it was a sissy name for a big chap (my DH weighed 10 pounds 12 ounces)and probably not the type of name you would come across in rural Ireland in the 1970s. Pity as a nice name but I think more of a boy's name.

[QueeferSantaland]

I know of 2 boy Edens and 2 girl Edens.

I like it.

[TabithaTwitchet]

It makes me think of the book "Eden Close" by Anita Shreve. Which I think slightly puts me off the name, as it is not a very happy tale - the girl in the book is called Eden.