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Festive baby name help!

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FestiveNameWoe · 24/12/2019 15:00

Hello everyone,

Looking for some urgent baby name help!

Our little girl unexpectedly arrived 3 weeks early just after midnight today.

We had chosen the name Eve (we just love it) Cairistìona (pronounced like Christina, family name) for her, but I feel like we can’t call a Christmas Eve baby Eve Cairistìona!

It’s important to us that we keep Cairistìona, but would you suggest changing Eve? And what to? The other name we loved was Merryn but we ruled that out because of the “Merry Christmas” thing, so I don’t feel we can use that.

I like Meg (but not Megan) or maybe Wren (too out there?) We’d prefer something quite short and simple because of the long complicated middle name.

She is teeny and very dark-haired and olive-skinned (she is quite jaundiced though).

Anything else we might like please, and any thoughts on Meg or Wren?

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FestiveNameWoe · 24/12/2019 15:25

(and Happy Christmas everyone!)

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BentNeckLady · 24/12/2019 15:27

All your names are gorgeous ❤️

Congratulations!

PixieDustt · 24/12/2019 15:28

Eve for a Christmas Eve baby is beautiful and meaningful too

roiseandjim · 24/12/2019 15:28

I love Wren! I think it's abit much being born on Xmas eve and being called Eve

roiseandjim · 24/12/2019 15:29

Ah god I'm so sorry just read the rest. Eve is lovely. Congratulations xx

Snufflesdog · 24/12/2019 15:29

How about Evelyn? Similar but not quite so obvious?

MikeUniformMike · 24/12/2019 15:31

Eve is lovely. Congratulations.

Namechange8471 · 24/12/2019 15:35

Congratulations what a beautiful name.

plantingandpotting · 24/12/2019 15:40

This just made me well up! What a special Christmas this will be.
Congratulations on baby Eve, OP.
it's a truly beautiful name ❤️

Verily1 · 24/12/2019 15:42

Natalia means born at Christmas

WWlOOlWW · 24/12/2019 15:46

Eve is beautiful!

Congratulations!

Isbutteracarb · 24/12/2019 15:48

Love Eve, it's perfect. Congratulations!

Pilot12 · 24/12/2019 15:56

I love the name you picked too!

Mumma4262 · 24/12/2019 15:59

Congratulations!

Eve is a beautiful name.

My son is 3 today, Christmas Eve babies are magical. The build up to Christmas is that much more special.

roonilwazlibismynickname · 24/12/2019 16:03

Jesus? Grin

flatoutpanic · 24/12/2019 16:05

Congratulations!

I love your names and think they’re perfect, not at all twee.

Most people who she comes across in life aren’t going to know her birthday anyway, they’ll just hear a lovely name.

Roselilly36 · 24/12/2019 16:07

I love Eve, If I had an Xmas baby I would choose Robyn.

Isbutteracarb · 24/12/2019 16:30

Ooo Robyn is lovely too Xmas Grin

Isbutteracarb · 24/12/2019 16:31

Also: Maria is nice!

hairyxmasturkey · 24/12/2019 16:34

Love eve. Also robin?

Midgey91 · 24/12/2019 17:25

I think it's a gorgeous name and you should choose a name that you love! My middle name is October (after the U2 song, my parents were huge fans when they were younger) and I was also born in October. I've spent my entire life saying it's after a U2 song and not because I was born in October. But nevertheless I wouldn't change the name.

Fairybobbin · 24/12/2019 17:26

Congratulations!

How about Neve?
Just a little twist if your worried about the connection, but with the same sound!

MikeUniformMike · 24/12/2019 17:29

Or Bobbin or Dobbin, cos it rhymes with Robin.

Or call her Christmas Eve because it is.

Or Nearly Twenty Twenty.

PlantPotting · 24/12/2019 17:39

I love Eve! Please stick with it, it’s not gimmicky at all it’s just a lovely name you’d already picked out.

Alyic · 24/12/2019 17:40

My niece is Eve, her nick name is Christmas, go for it, it's a lovely name. Congratulations x