Sanity Check on Name

[dopeydee]

Hi there,

I need a sanity check on my absolute favourite girls name: Evelyn. Perfect because she can be Evie as a baby, Eve as a teenager/adult and Evelyn when she is old. A classic name that will grow with her...

... however my name is Dawn and my partner thinks there is a certain amount of vanity involved in the naming (Dawn and Eve both being times of the day). He is likening it to Dawn Jr. Also the baby is due around my birthday, July. So we may share a birthday as well.

We don't even know what sex we are having yet, but I just wanted to check the general opinion before sticking to my guns..

Thanks in advance

Ignore him, think he's over thinking things so stick to your guns!

I suppose the names have a similar theme, but I don't think they're close enough for it to look like you've named the baby after yourself.

I very much doubt anyone would make that connection, and even if they did, it's so tenuous that it can be ignored.

It is a beautiful name and that is a VERY silly reason not to use it.

Wouldn't have even occurred to me. If you like it go for it

Wow that is SOME overthinking!!

Does he just not like Evelyn??

Ok. So throwing logic back... If you were called Sarah would that veto any name vaguely connected to religion or the bible?

Certainly good for a short list. What's he like?

I would never have noticed! It's lovely.

beautiful name, evening is the time of day, not Eve

It's a nice name and quite unusual these days. In 30 years of teaching I have just had my first Evelyn as a pupil.

Unfortunately she came from England where it is pronounced Eevelyn and gets quite stroppy as in Scotland it's pronounced with an e sounds as in egg.

Lovely name. Ignore your dp.

Such a beautiful name. Nobody will make that connection. Go for it!

It you were calling her Aurora he might have a point, but even then it would sound completely different to Dawn, and most people would not make the connection. As it is, he is being a bit ridiculous.

I knew an Alicia who named her daughter Alice and I don't think anyone commented!

He's overthinking.

But Eve-/Ava names have been really popular for a few years so you need to think about how happy you'd be for her to be Evelyn Initial in her class, and possibly sound dated (the Tracey or Kylie of her generation).

Overthinking. It's fine.

One of my best friends' DD is Evelyn. Pronounced Ev-Lin not Eve-Lin. Her friends used to correct their teacher in reception who kept getting it wrong!

I love the name. I love the child!

I know sisters called Dawn and Eve and that never occurred to me! I think it is a lovely name.

He's overthinking it. Evelyn is a beautiful name.

That's a bit mean of him. There are a LOT of Evies around. Still love the name though.

I like that! Dawn and Eve!

The baby gets his sur name I presume? how vain of him :-p

OP I don't know whether this info would help: however it sounds, in origins, the name Evelyn has nothing to do with 'evening'. It is a version of 'Aveline' which is, in turn, a version of 'Ava'.
see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_%28name%29

Way too much overthinking
I wanted Evelyn for DD, for your reasons and because it was my Granny's name. But DH is Adam and this forum vetoed it!

Is never have made the connection and what's wrong with a bit vain.

DD1 has DH's surname and my name as her middle name.

Evie/Eve is lovely. I have trouble with Evelyn in full purely because she was my unspeakably boring Great aunt.

DD1 is called after the chatty GA with a brain.

At first I read this as Dawn being your sur name. I don't think that it would be a problem at all.

He is massively overthinking and Evelyn is gorgeous.