Eve or Anya?

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DD1's name is Cara. For DD2 we are torn between Eve and Anya.

We like the elegance and simplicity of Eve, and it ages well - it doesn't sound immature nor old fashioned. However, we know that similar names such as Evie, Eva, Ava, etc, are very popular.

Anya is very pretty and not massively popular, but we worry that it won't age as well.

Which is better?
Cara & Eve?
Or Cara & Anya?

Thank you :)

Anya

Anya - just so elegant

I like both but think Eve will stand the test of time more.
Also I wouldn't use Anya if your surname is a think and it would make it for example A Baker.

Eve!

Love Anya.

Eve is nice and elegant but it's pretty guaranteed she'll be Evie in school!

Anya is beautiful, Eve's are everywhere.

Eve is nice but with the Evies, Evas, Avas and Evelyns, I'd give it a miss. Anya seems a bit drippy - I much prefer Anna, as I feel it's a pretty and strong name.

Cara and Anna.

Eve. I find Anya quite harsh sounding. I love Anna though.

Anya, but I agree Anna is nicer.

Both nice names, but I prefer Anya. I can't see why it wouldn't 'age well'?

Absolutely love Anya, I think it does age quite well my older sister is called Anya and she’s 32

I know two Anyas, both adults (elderly and 20s). It might be more popular or may be dated if you are east european - I have no idea, but at least it is likely to be less overused than Eve. Having said that, i can think of one adult Eve and one elderly Eva, and many young adult Evies and Ewas.

The currently trendy names seem to have lots of vowels, and my preference is for stronger sounding names.

Absolutely love the name Anya! Eve is nice too but very,very popular at the moment.

I really like Eve, though you are right about Evie/Ava etc being super popular. I expect people would try to call your DD Evie even if you have named her Eve.

I really like Anya. I also like Anneka and Anneliese. Anna is also gorgeous and very timeless and international. I prefer Anya though.

Eve is lovely, but it's very popular.

Anya is more unusual, but isn't weird and most people will have heard of it. I've only ever met one - she's Norwegian.

Anya also goes with the current trend for short vowel heavy names, but it's unlikely there will be another in her class.

Cara an anya
I love anya and I also know of a girl (she was little now grown up) an just makes me think of her. She is so lovely and sweet so yea anya
Evie is similar to eve an that's my niece. She's a cow lol x

Cara and Eve gets my vote

Both nice but prefer Anya. It’s stylish and elegant and ages and travels well.

Please choose Eve. It is my middle name and was my mom’s name, I think it’s just beautiful and suited her throughout her life

Yes Eve is lovely but everyone else thinks so too. Try navigating friendship issues with an 8 year old when all her friends were called Eve

“Eve was mean today and left me out but it was fine as Eve W was there can Eve A and Eve B come to tea? But not Eve she’s still being mean”

I think Eve is very different to Evie, Eva, Ava which are very popular. I don’t know any little Eve’s. Only one who’s 20z

@MsTSwift eve is nearly outside the top 200 names! 0.04% of babies given this name. Obviously it’s possible there’d be more than 1 Eve in a class but it’s very unlikely

Eve is very similar to Eva, Evie, Evelyn, Aoifa, Ava, Ewa, Ivy.
Add them together and add other similar names and it seems very ordinary.

Eve has been around a very long time, but many of the others haven't, but currently I would avoid it.

Not round here it isn’t. Every other girl is named a variant of Eve. One to avoid.

So bored of it