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.

Zachary
Bradley
Nathaniel

Madeline
Darcy
Harlow

Helen...

Actually, Ellen works better.

I think that a vowel sound at the end of the first name doesn't work well. I find it a little difficult to say with Evan. The 'ee' sound is about the best of the vowel sounds because it's quite defined....

I also like the 3 syllable names with Evan. But some of the two syllable names not ending in a vowel sound also seem to match well e.g.

Susan Evan
Jacob Evan

Could you and DH change your names to whichever name got dropped?

Jessica, Winona, Alexander. Honestly though in my experience choosing a name is a nightmare whatever your surname. Also don't feel like you have to have it set in stone before they've arrived.

Madeleine
Elijah
Nathaniel

Hugo Evan
James Evan

Phoebe Evan
Zoe Evan

Orlando, Jasper, Gabriel

Violet, Iris, Imogen, Rosalind

I think it sounds better ending with a consonant.

(With Evan I mean).

Giles
Hector
Rupert
Caradoc
Jago
Stephen
Barnaby
Nicholas
Timothy

Bit more unusual
Amadeo
Amadeus
Archimedes
Cristiano
Ebenezer
Ezekiel nn Zeke
Jebediah nn Jeb
Jedidiah nn Jed
Leviticus nn Lev
Nathaniel nn Nate nor Nat
Obadiah
Octavius
Zachariah
Zebadiah

Tamsin Evan
Rosalie Evan
Sylvie Evan
Cecily Evan
Sally Evan
Annabel Evan
Isobel Evan
Leonie Evan
Romy Evan
Madeleine Evan
Rosemary Evan
Josephine Evan

Finn Evan
Theodore Evan
Isaac Evan
Fergus Evan
Patrick Evan
Leo Evan
Louis Evan
Luke/Lucas Evan
Maxwell Evan
Rory Evan

Also:

Nancy
Sydney
Florence
Hope

Hugh
Milo
Oliver
Henry

Daniel Evan
Gemma evan
Iris Evan
Abner Evan
Enoch Evan
Jimmy Evan
Isaac Evan

Annie Evan
Sadie Evan
Betsy Evan
Nancy Evan
Juliette Evan
Edith Evan

Caleb Evan
Micah Evan
Jasper Evan
Casper Evan

I like Sophie, Rosie, Ruby... girls names with an e sound at the end, Maisie, Daisy, Poppy...

For a boy, Alex, Harry, Lucas... two syllables work well.

Tamsin
Briony

Robert
Conrad
Toby

Arabella?
Arabella Evan

Miles Evan
Rupert Evan
Tate Evan

Scarlett Evan
Melody Evan
India Evan
Kitty Evan

Liesel - like the actress Liesel Matthew's from 'a little princess's (love that film).

Magnus Evan
Henry Evan
Theodore Evan

Violet Evan
Astrid Evan
Clara Evan

Girls :

Willa
Imogen
Sadie
Edith / Edie
Margaret /Maggie
Clementine/ Clemmie
Roxanne/Roxanna
Pearl
Delilah
Ottilie nn Ottie
Cora
Eliza
River
Winter
Jemima
Holly
Cleo

I like a bit of alliteration and think Eleanor Evan has a nice ring :)

Boys:

Christopher nn Kit
Wilf(red) nn Wilf
Barnaby
Nathan/Nathaniel nn Nate
Rafferty / Raffy
Sidney
Eli
Ellis
Miles / Milo
Seth
Cole
Otis
Eric
Casper
Dexter
Blake
Angus
Dominic
Idris
Percy
Chester
Caleb

Evan.

I'd choose something that isn't a surname (no Thomas, Dennis, George, Cooper, Hudson, Stanley, Riley, etc) and has harder consonants.

For a girl, the same, but I'd choose a name that doesn't end in an a.