If you had our surname, What would you name your baby?

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We are due our first baby in June and cannot agree on names at all. We don’t know whether baby is a boy or a girl. Part of the problem is that neither is us have any names that we really like.

Our surname is Evan which is tricky as some names end up sounding a bit odd. I would love to hear what you would call a baby with our surname.

By the way, Ben is the dog and it’s the name that he came from the rescue with.
‘Ben’s mum’ is the name that I’ve been given by the local dog walkers.

Peter, Jonathan, Marcus

Rosalind, Hilary, Ruth

Millie
Arthur
Oscar
George
Artie
Otis
Milo
Bryn
Lotte
James
Evie
Phoebe
Sienna
Charlotte
Ruby
Owen

I think three syllable names sound better, for example

Jennifer

Samantha

Madeleine

Or

Nicholas

Timothy

Joshua

Kevin
Or
Beibhinn

Only joking!
What about : Alina for a girl

I think you avoid names ending with an -a sound, so Julie, not Julia; Eleanor, not Ella; Katie, not Cara. The sound of a name when it rolls together is half the battle, imo

Joshua
Lucas
Samuel

Beatrice
Hannah
Deborah

Rosalind Evan
Lois Evan
Linnet Evan
Edith Evan

Fergus Evan
Richard Evan
Thomas Evan
Catherine Evan

Benjamin Evan or Abigail Evan

Anything ending with an e sound

Bethany
Stephanie

Harry
Danny

I like Beatrice. But dh pulled this face when I said it.
There are some nice names here but none of them are MY baby’s name.
Sorry, I think that I might be a bit fussy.

Alexander
Daniel

Melody
Olivia

First thing I thought of was Pearl Evan for some reason! Think that sounds so nice

Jamie Evan
Teddy Evan (Theodore)
Carey Evan
Demetri Evan

Parker Evan
Martha Evan
Tallulah Evan
Layla Evan

Lily Evan
Molly Evan
Katie Evan
Emily Evan (I get same letter names cant think of the word for it arent everyone's thing though.
Penelope Evan
Charlotte Evan
Chloe Evan
Gracie Evan

Thomas Evan
Connor Evan
Richard Evan
Francis Evan
Matthew Evan
Patrick Evan
Gabriel Evan
Daniel Evan
William Evan
Toby Evan
Edward Evan

Scarlett Evan
Charlotte Evan
Alice Evan
Zoë Evan

Charlie Evan
Jamie Evan
Harry Evan
Ryan Evan
Patrick Evan

Agree with a PP that an -e sound ending name somehow flows nicely

Holly Evan
Lucy Evan
Molly Evan
Harry Evan
Poppy Evan
Bobby Evan
Teddy Evan
Ollie Evan

Can you give us a clue of some names you like, from this thread or in general, but arent quite right so we have some more to go on

Holly Evan
Catriona Evan
Natalie Evan
Rebecca Evan
Julia Evan

Campbell Evan
Malachy Evan
Joshua Evan
Fraser Evan
Daniel Evan

Sophie
Chloe
Libby
Molly
Judy
Nina
Lucy

Toby
Eli
Peter
Miles
Grant
Marcus

Are all lovely names

Some more “out there” ones

Inez
Dolores
Betsy
Paloma
Ember

Harley
Micah
Jonah
Raphael

Ithink all of these can work with your surname

Ollie Evan or Evie Evan is nice

Devon

Haha. Dworky. my df’s very helpful suggestion was Ellen.

I like Eli and Micah also Daniel and James.
I like Sebastian too but can’t use it.

Girls names that I quite like but can’t use include Juniper, Rose and Isolde. Mainly our because they sound wrong in our accent.
But none are just right. Sorry,
I did say that I was fussy.

I think you need a longer name. Elizabeth, Charlotte, Arabella. What style name do you like.

I Ilene Elizabeth and Charlotte but they are my niece’s names.

I also agree that a longer first name sounds better.
All I would have suggested have already been mentioned so I won't repeat them. I can empathise though. We have a weird surname (well it's DH's, I stuck with mine) and lots of names I love in their own right sound really stupid with the surname. We actually didn't agree on any names until after our babies were born, largely because of that. But once they were here, all their names came easily. So don't stress too much if you don't have a name in advance.

Ingrid, Ailsa, Fraser, Myles