Meredith and Evelyn

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Hi everyone, would love your opinions on these two please. Current shortlist is -

Matilda (Mattie)
And Imogen

Having trawled the Internet for inspiration incase we missed any other dh has decided he likes Evelyn (to be pronounced ever-lyn). I'm not keen on Evie though and thinking people might naturally shorten it to that?

Also remembered Meredith which I think is lovely (probably shortened to Meri) but I don't know any at all (other than from the murder case which isn't the best association) and I'm quite a 'safe' person generally. Son has a fairly common, traditional name and I'm not sure it goes?

Having said that I think there are more little Madeleine's around lately and it's not the first thing I think of personally.

I love the name Meredith.

If I was to have a DD (not going to happen now unfortunately) I'd name her Meredith, Merry/Meri for short. In honour of my mum who was Meryl, she liked the nickname of Merry and Merrily.

If you are worried about your own thoughts about Meredith they why not go with Merryn - same lovely Meri style nicknames. If we have a DD Merryn is top of our list.

I don't know. Hopefully just cos it's unusual. But the positive responses are much more frequent. DH picked it out thin air and she suits it. Although she's Edie for short. I did post on here before she was born and some people did mention the murder thing...

Meredith is lovely. Evelyn is my 1yos name - we shorten it to Evie. In some areas it is very popular but round here in my sons nursery there is only 1 other Evie. So it isn't overly popular everywhere.

If it helps my name association for Meredith is Grey's Anatomy not the murder

How about Everly as an alternative to Evelyn if you're worried about pronunciation/popularity? Meredith is also gorgeous!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/2540810-Honest-opinions-on-Meredith

I like Merryn

Thanks all. Thanks grapefruit, I will take a look at that.

Mer-ed-ith?

Or Mer-RED-ith?

I like the latter.

Evelyn is okay, but there are very many Evies/Evelyns. I have a daughter whose name was top of the popularity chart a few years ago and it doesn't bother me, but you might feel differently.

Meredith is a beautiful name. Meri is a sweet name too. I'd go with that.

You had quite a mixed reaction there grapefruit - I think it's a great name, and obviously you do too! Can't understand the comment about it being joyless at all. Each to their own I guess.

Izzy, in my head I say Mer - red- ith, not with a strong emphasis on the red though - no idea if that's correct.

I love Meredith but I'm biased because I have my own baby Meredith. We call her Edie for short.

Snap Snoopy !

Haha yes I've just read the thread back. Very mixed really. Oh well we love it!