Thea or Evie

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We have decided on either Thea or Evelyn for our girl, just not sure which one to fully go for now, any opinions. We also can't decide on a middle name.

Thea Rachael Thomson
Thea Mary Thomson
Evelyn Rachael Thomson
Evelyn Mary Thomson

Anything but Evie. Anything in fact that does not end in IE.

Thea.

Eves are still arriving thick and fast. I helped out at a baby group for my friend recently dear god there were 3! And all the mothers announced the name in a very pleased, you won't have heard this one before, type way. I had to muster all my polite lying social skills, "oh how lovely" when really I wanted to scream noooooo not even more Eves! At this rate by 2025 most women will be named Eve.

Thea, love it

We named our little girl Evie Catherine! Evie is not very common around where I live!! Although Thea is also a beautiful name!

In DS2's class there is an Evie, an Eve, an Eva, an Evelyn and an Ava. So unless you don't mind it being common go for Thea!

Biased as dd is a Thea, but she loves her name - we only know one other, and she is 9 now - so tbf I don't know that many babies. I liked its flexibility - simultaneously feminine and strong. It does get pronounced 'Fear' when they are little, but dd is quite fearsome, so that didn't bother us.

I slightly regret not going the Theadora/Anthea route, but Dh put his foot down on those.

Eve/Evie is lovely, but certainly very, very popular around here.

Agree Rachel rolls better as a middle name

We liked Evie, but went with Neve. We do call her Nevey sometimes.

What on earth is it about Eve/Evie/Eva that makes it so wildly popular? Perfectly nice name but no better than most others - nothing that justifies its out of all proportion over use.

Oh and down the line (6 years on) most of the Eve mothers I know have name regret - they had no idea it was so popular.

Eleanor is a beautiful name, but i really dislike the name Evie and as many others have said it is really really popular.
How about Ellen as a nn?

Thea doesn't compare to the name Eleanor,it seems more like a nn to me.

Have you considered using Rachael or Mary as a first name, those names are more similar to Eleanor and a lot nicer than Thea imo

Neve is beautiful!

Sorry ignore my post got my Evelyn and Eleanor's in a mix ??

Thanks Peachy