Eva or Ava? Ahh, help!

[heylittlediddle]

DH and I are finding it impossible to choose between the two. We have quite a long tongue-twister Spanish surname so we wanted easy names that flow well. It's getting close to due date now though and we still can't decide.

Which one you like best? x

[Paradis]

Much prefer Ava

What about Vita?

[mama923]

definatly ava, i was going to call my baby ava if he was to be a girl! lovely name and not very common

[Lilka]

They're both lovely I know that isn't in the slightest bit helpful but oh well..

[sweetandtenderhooligan]

Ava waaaay too popular these days. Go with Eva. Or Ada, if you must.

[KAEKAE]

I like Ava I used it as a middle name last year when my dd was born, but the name has become so overused, its everywhere atm, that I am glad I used it as a middle name as opposed to using it as her first.

[zenoushka]

Definitely Ava - love it!

[purplefeet]

I prefer Ava, but what about Ada ?

[mamaloco]

Go with the one you pronounce "Ayva"
Eeva is awful IMO as is "EEvee"
I would pronounce Ava (with 2 A like cat though) and that is nice too.

[tebbles]

I would go for Ava. This is because the pronounciation for Eva cofuses me. Is it like "Ever" or Eee-va.

[stillfrazzled]

Eva would have been my name had DS2 (due in 6 weeks) been DD...

[TheCrackFox]

Ava

[mazzystartled]

I love both names (obviously both v popular at the mo, but I wouldn't let that bother me), but my mum is called Eva and she says she has hated her name all of her life.

[joyandherboys]

We had choose ava for our first child as hospital said we were having a girl just a shame i couldnt use it as she was a he lol
if this one is a girl im sure we will have ava as it is a unusual and lovely name x

[Komondor]

Ava

[Baublepink]

Ava is lovely, and I think would definitely go with a Spanish surname nicely.

Eva is nice but... really overused and blends in too much to all the other very popular E names eg Eve, Evie, Elle and Ellie, like someone else said. I like the symmetry of spelling and glamorous association of Ava

[tammytoby]

Both Eva and Ava are overused and will soon start to sound dated as they fall out of 'fashion' again...

I'd look for another, less overused name if you can.

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Agree that they are both incredibly popular at the moment and not just in SW London RatherBeOn, but here too in the NW.

If I had to choose it would be Eva but like Nightstar says, she will be one of a crowd of Evelyn, Eva, Eve, Evie, Ellie, Ava, Ella and even the odd Evangaline.

[lovinme]

Definately Ava,that's my DD name and as for it being really popular I would say it depends where you live my Ava is the only one where I live that I know of.

[shopalot]

I teach a Spanish girl and she is called Eva but it is pronounced "Ava" - just to confuse you even more!!!

[BlackWhitePlaid]

Ava!!

[Nightstar]

I wouldnt use it at all as very over done recently.

But if you must then Ava is much better with Spanish name.

There is a huge number of E names out there right now, Evelyn, Evie, Eve, Eva, Ellie, etc etc

[RatherBeOnTheMulledWine]

Do bear in mind they are both incredibly popular along with Eve/ Evie. Certainly where we are SW London.

The reason is they are both lovely.

[SilveryMoon]

I prefer Ava. It was on my list for if ds2 was a girl.

[perpetuallypregnant]

I have an Ava :) Beautiful!
Eva is lovely too but I hear a lot more of those than Avas.

[christmaseve]

We have a little Ava in our family, it's a lovely name, so is Eva!