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Elizabeth or Eve?

29 replies

Lironlavie1 · 11/07/2019 12:14

Hello!
Our baby girl had arrived on Tuesday and we still don’t have a name!
We kinda down to
Elizabeth, Eve, Anna, Ella....
which would you choose?
Her siblings are Emily and Ben. We like strong, beautiful, classic and feminine names... but I struggle to find what I like third time round. All seems a bit boring and bland.
Any ideas/ suggestions please??
Thank you!

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tenthstreet · 11/07/2019 12:43

Eve is just beautiful. And you can use Evie, Evvy/Evvie, Eva etc as pet names

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/07/2019 12:45

Emily Ben and Anna
Congratulations.

kittytiggy · 11/07/2019 12:47

Eve!

Babushkashouse · 11/07/2019 12:48

Eve is lovely. Evie is really popular (I know 5 different Evies between 1-4) - it’s our generation’s equivalent of Sarah/Lisa/Rachel

BigusBumus · 11/07/2019 13:00

Anna is lovely!

Idratherhaveacupoftea · 11/07/2019 13:04

I love Anna, classic name.

Whoops75 · 11/07/2019 13:11

Anna
Love this name
Also it would avoid having two E names.
Make life easier when labeling the girls belongings

HMArsey · 11/07/2019 13:15

Elizabeth. Eve in all its forms is horribly popular.

MyCatDrinksFlatWhites · 11/07/2019 13:31

All lovely - Anna may be the least frequently used at the moment if that matters to you.

Elizabeth is great for nickname potential, though. How about Eliza? I think that would sit well with the others.

Frith2013 · 11/07/2019 20:57

Emily and Ella are too similar and difficult to say in one go.

FamilyOfAliens · 11/07/2019 21:00

Elizabeth is one of my favourite names. It’s a shame you already have an E name though.

So it would be Anna for me.

daisypond · 11/07/2019 21:00

Elizabeth or Anna. Both are great. Eve is 20 years out of date and Evie is so bland. Similarly, Ella. Dated and bland.

HeronLanyon · 11/07/2019 21:02

Anna then Elizabeth then Ella.
Anna is such a lovely name.

SleightOfMind · 11/07/2019 21:10

Good taste there OP.
I’ve got both (one is a very lovely dog though Grin).

MadameJosephine · 11/07/2019 21:11

Definitely Elizabeth, beautiful and not too common these days

bridgetreilly · 11/07/2019 21:24

Anna or Elizabeth. Or I like a pp's suggestion of Eliza.

Popsicle30 · 11/07/2019 21:26

Anna for me. I am bias as I have an Anna but I still love it. It’s a classic and beautiful name.

I like Elizabeth as next preference but I’m not a fan of Eve or Ella

Fatkins · 11/07/2019 21:27

  1. Anna
  2. Eve
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Ella

Congratulations Flowers!

DramaAlpaca · 12/07/2019 01:04

I'd choose Anna.

Astronica · 12/07/2019 03:19
  1. Anna
  2. Elizabeth
  3. Eve
  4. Ella

I also suggest: Harriet, Eliza, Anneliese, Tabitha, Ingrid, Jemima, Victoria.

Sophronia · 12/07/2019 09:45

Anna

MikeUniformMike · 12/07/2019 09:53

Anna

Mishappening · 12/07/2019 09:54

Elizabeth is good - lots of choices to shorten it if she wishes - our Elizabeth is known as Beth - a lovely gentle name.

TurquoiseDress · 12/07/2019 13:23

I'd go for Elizabeth

Solid, traditional name

Eve is lovely, so is Eva...but for me they are too similar to Ava/Ave etc and there are lots of all of them around (or so it seems)

CloserIAm2Fine · 12/07/2019 22:56

Elizabeth