Name for a sister of Eva - Nina ok or too similar?

[ginand]

DD1 is Eva, really like Nina for DD2 but are the names too similar for sisters?

I think they both have the same pattern. eeee ah. Even though one begins with e and the other N, and the 'middle' consonant is different, the overall effect is eee-ah and ee-ah. So I wouldn't. But plenty will say "oh it's fine". They are two lovely names.
What about something that doesn't end in 'a'. Eva and Susie, Eva and Lois, Eva and Lucy

I agree with *AnotherLovelyCupOfCoffee"

I also agree with AnotherLovelyCupOfCoffee shame though because Nina is a great name.

I love Nina but yes, too close to Eva. What about Nia? Close but doesnt sounds as similar.

I also love the name Nina but decided it was too close to DD1's name to consider it for DC2. So I feel your pain.
But yes I agree with the others that it is too similar.

I don't think they are too similar.

I agree the sounds are too similar I wouldnt use it I'm afraid

They do not sound right to my ear.
I love the name Eva and not so keen on Nina.
I think you should have a longer name, so..

Eva and Angelica
Eva and Elizabeth
Eva and Antonia
Eva and Eleanor

Yes sorry :(

What about

Eva and...

Rose
Lois
Frances
Orla
Cora

I don't think they are too similar but then I have kids with similar names. I figure you have your name for your whole life and its only a very short period and a small number of people who will think of it in the context of your siblings names.

I love both names and would go for it.

I agree artichook.

Their names are for life, not just for their childhood, so why give them your second best name just because your favourite name was similar sounding. They have different initials, they don't rhyme and they have different meanings/origins. I think there are enough differences.

I agree with artichook too. I have two DDs, both with 2 syllable names ending in -a (one of them is Nina actually).

There's a Nona at school - no idea of its origin but goes with Eva.

There's a Nona in a Rumer Godden book
www.rumergodden.com/miss-happiness.php

I know a Nula, it's a lovely name.

Does it sound to similar to YOU? Are you going to feel silly/embarrassed for them? "Eva and Nina, Eva and Nina", try saying it aloud. I disagree that a small number of people will know you in the context of your siblings' names, and for a short time. Particularly if you only have 2 children, everyone who knows you as a family will know them as "Eva and [whatever]" if they live to be 100. (Any more and they will probably be "the girls" or "the kids" it seems.)

How about Nancy, Nora, Lana or Nell?

Thanks all, really helpful. I think I have a tendency to think a name's for life and it looks like we have a preferred style so might just go for it...

I know 2 sisters called Eva and Rosa.