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We really like Eve...

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Sinople · 23/12/2011 09:30

We really would like to call our DD Eve but a close friend has just named her daughter Eva. Does anyone have any suggestions for short, strong girls names similar in some way to Eve?

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GrimmaTheNome · 23/12/2011 09:32

Would you friend have a problem with you naming your DD Eve? I can't see why. I was in a group of friends with similar aged babies and we ended up with two the same name - it simply wasn't a problem.

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Sinople · 23/12/2011 09:36

Do you think? This is a pretty close friend.
I remember thinking that DD1 names was pretty sacred to me at the time, not sure I would have liked a friend calling their daughter the same name... but maybe I wouldnt have minded a similar one...

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Confitdecanard · 23/12/2011 11:39

I know what you mean. Although it shouldn't be a problem I think I would feel uncomfortable going for a name so close to one chosen by a close friend. Have you tried nymbler? You can put in names you like and it gives you similar ideas. How about:
Lucy
Anna
Ada
Leah
Mia

Eggwhisk · 23/12/2011 12:24

Why not go for something longer such as Evangeline or Evelyn and then use Eve for short. Both pretty names with good nn potential :-)

DeeOfTheNorthPole · 23/12/2011 12:27

Ava or Ida?

AvadventKalendar · 23/12/2011 12:29

Ava is nice Xmas Grin

ArtSingh · 23/12/2011 12:29

Yeah I think if you make a point that you are calling her by the full name Evelyn and then use Eve as a nice shortend version :)

MerylStrop · 23/12/2011 12:33

Niamh?

PercyFilth · 23/12/2011 13:03

Evelyn is the answer! It also gives her some more options.

GrimmaTheNome · 23/12/2011 17:10

If she's a pretty close friend, why don't you just ask her if she minds? I don't really see why you should feel the need to compromise in naming your DD just because she liked a similar name and gave birth first - we don't own our children's names.

Iscreamtea · 23/12/2011 17:14

I would ask. Even if she says it's ok you'll probably be able to tell if it's not.

My suggestion is Ella.

puddle2 · 23/12/2011 18:10

Ivy
Edie/Eadie

birdsofshoreandsea · 23/12/2011 18:12

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Traceymac2 · 23/12/2011 22:55

I think if you like Eve you should use it. It is a gorgeous name. Talk to your friend and see how she feels. When I was pregnant with dd2 both myself and my best friend were both set on Ella which I had announced first (by about 20 seconds!) as she had asked me what names I liked. She then said that was her first choice too. At the time after wracking my brains i felt nothing else seemed right. We now live in different countries which helps I suppose but I was of the opinion that I didn't own the name and we could live with two babies with the same names. In the end they went for Mia instead but I wouldn't have been annoyed if they had gone or the same name as us.

DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas · 23/12/2011 23:04

I'd ask, but if you love it, call her Eve.

Also really like
Elsa
Isla
Anna
And ava as previously suggested!

Traceymac2 · 23/12/2011 23:07

I think Anna will be the name of my current bump. I love Eve too but my 3 yr olds best friend is called Eve and I can only think of her when I say the name!

LaFilleSurLePont · 23/12/2011 23:32

Use it if you like it.

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Sinople · 24/12/2011 07:10

Many thanks.
I did tell them when they announced their daughters name (Eva) that I was thinking of Eve. I said Id go back to the drawing board... they didnt seem to indicate that I should do anything else, I got the impression that that was what they expected me to do.
Thanks again... I'll keep thinking and also get DH's opinion.
Merry Christmas!!!

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fedupofnamechanging · 24/12/2011 08:17

Eve and Eva are not the same names. If Eve is the one you've set your heart on, then you should use it. Your friend doesn't have a right to expect you to do otherwise. She has picked a name for her child which is pretty popular - she can't imagine that she is the only one allowed to use it. When her child gets to school, there could well be another Eva in the class.

So I say go for the name you love, on the grounds that although similar to your friends name, it is not the same.

DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas · 24/12/2011 08:18

I'd ask, but if you love it, call her Eve.

Also really like
Elsa
Isla
Anna
And ava as previously suggested!

DressingGownSnowQueen · 24/12/2011 08:32

I really wouldn't worry about it. Both of the names are quite popular the moment so it is not like anyone has copied anyone or anything like that.

I think Eve is lovely.

StealthPolarBear · 24/12/2011 08:34

I love Eve as a name, only reason we didn't use it was because it would seem that DD was named after a cousin which would then invite questions about why that one, why my side of the family etc.
Use Eve. Please. Eva has a different number of syllables, a different ending sound, it's a different name which just happens to be spelt almost the same.

StealthPolarBear · 24/12/2011 08:34

On;y other one I would go for that is similar is Anna, or maybe Amy

StealthPolarBear · 24/12/2011 08:35

Sorry, Amy came to mind when I had already typed "one" :o

poorbuthappy · 24/12/2011 08:36

Whilst they are similar, if it was me I wouldn't be annoyed.
Love Eve, have 1 myself!