Negative comments make me regret daughter’s name.

[evelynsmummy44]

I know people are going to say not to worry but it’s something that I think about regularly. My daughter is three and her name is Evelyn. She has never, ever been called Evie (not even once) and her name was picked for sentimental reasons. When we named her I had never been on a site like this and having never met another little Evelyn I didn’t know it was popular (still haven’t met another one in our area!) however I get really sad that it is pretty much always called boring or horrible on this site. I very rarely see anything positive about it and it makes me regret not calling her Eliza. I’m not sure how to learn to love my daughter’s name again (maybe just come off this site? But I love looking at it for inspiration for baby number two) anyone been/felt similar about their child’s name?

keep away from that baby name site that's frequented by posters who wouldn't dare speak face to face the vitriol that they post.They're real 'Nest of Vipers'.

Maybe take a glance around before you insult the site you're posting on

You seriously need to ignore some of what you read on here. Some people just talk tripe, honestly.

I saw someone come on and post 'what girls names do you hate?' (Nasty thread anyway,) and loads of posters came on with all these names that they hate, and many of them were classed as 'chavvy' by many posters on the thread. A few names were posted - old traditional Victorian names - and some posters said they were dull and boring, and the 'faux middle classes' who are trying to pretend they're not chavs have daughters with these names. (Names were Charlotte, Sophie, Emily, Victoria, and similar.)

A week later, someone posted a thread saying they're very sad because their sister has died, and her name was Sophie. Cue dozens of posts about how lovely the name is, and how much they love Victorian names.

People switch what they say, according to the situation, and what they think other people want to hear, and some people are sheep, and will jump on the name-bashing board. And I don't buy the bullshit that people come out with when they say 'there are many posters on here, so you will obviously have differing views.' That's a cop out. because this happens a LOT.

Evelyn IS a lovely name, and I can't believe that anyone would say they hate it!

I love the name. I know one Evelyn (Eve) my age and a couple of Eve/Evelyn's around DC's ages - it would've been a contender for DS if he was a girl. It's a very pretty name but I don't like it shortened to Evie.

DC have very traditional/old names, people even think DS's is foreign (it's VERY typically english??), I've seen both on here smeared and used as examples of 'try hard middle class' names, and people irl sometimes comment that they sound like pets, but they're names we all love that aren't complete nonsense and that is all that matters.

I’ve never to this day met anyone as morally strong and kind as her so to me the name means something special

That's an Evelyn- core of steel, heart of gold

There are two of them in my 7 year old's year group - I think it's making an understated comeback.

I adore the name. Better than some I can think of.

You get the lowest common denominator if you ask a huge group for names.

Evelyn is beautiful.

I like it. Let go of this current fad against popular names, and be happy with this choice. HOnestly, you can't let strangers on a website dictate how you feel about this.

Please don't regret it! It's a beautiful name, and IMO so much nicer than Evie, or all the twee Ellie-Maes etc. out there.

I think Evelyn is nicer than Eliza OP.

Not everyone will like the name you pick. It doesn't matter really.

Just to add about people irl - 95% of people I tell the names to absolutely love them and say how much it's suits them, and both are usually shortened. I've only ever met one person with DD's name (by chance we were chatting in a queue) and she was absolutely delighted to hear we had the name as she usually felt people were negative about it, it was nice to see her so excited about it and I hope DD gets that positivity.

I'm not going to say don't worry, I'm going to say get a grip.

I think you should be worried, but not about the name, but about your reaction. It's extreme. Do you always worry so much about what people you have never met and probably never will meet, think?
Perhaps mumsnet is not the place for you if you are going to take it so much to heart. You need to separate online from real life a little better and give yourself a good talking to.

Lovely name 😊 I posted mine and dd name under a name change and we were slated by one user 😂 heartbreaking

Evelyn, Evelina, Evie are all lovely.

And frankly, if people do hate the name, then what does it matter to you? It doesn't, it really doesn't.

Everyone hated the name I chose for my daughter so I gave it to her as a second name. She now uses it as her first name as she loves it.

Lovely name. I’d Keep it.

It's my favourite name and I've always thought if I had a daughter I'd call her Evelyn. Don't listen to people! They've probably given their kids names that you think are awful anyway!

See according to this thread I should hate my dd name! I don’t, I still love it and she’s 15. Though she does get fed up of people pronouncing it Eleeeeeza. Evelyn is lovely too, one of dds best friends name.

She’s the only Eliza I know, so no big flurry around here

I guarantee if every person here started a thread about their own name it would get a variety of responses:

Classic
Boring
Dull
Beautiful
Okay
Hideous
Lovely
Reminds me of someone who picked her nose and ate it in primary school

No name is universally liked and that is fine! Evelyn is a perfectly nice name and you need to stop worrying about what people on the internet say about it. She's three years old, this is her name for for life. In the nicest and most supportive way possible, get over it.

I know a few little girls called Evelyn - it's not super common but not unheard of. It's a very naice area and I see Evelyn as a similarly naice name.

I like it. It doesn't go well with our surname otherwise it might be on our list.

You like it, you chose it. Who cares what people on a website that you don't even know think?

Oh crikey, don't go setting too much store by stuff you read from random strangers on internet sites.

Evelyn is a lovely, timeless and classic name. I like it. It appeals to me far more than Eliza does as I would always think of Eliza Doolittle.

My daughters all have names that might well be considered too popular on here, as do I probably. I don't give a shit to be honest. If you like the name then use it.

Nobody will like every name. We are all different.

It’s a lovely name ignore the hates (haters gonna hate)