Eden or Shay for our baby girl

[AutumnLoves]

Hi everyone, my boyfriend and I are really struggling picking a name for our daughter who is due in September. My boyfriend has his heart set on the name Shay but I love the name Eden. If we choose shay the middle name will be either Olivia Talia or Alexia. If we choose the name eden the middle name will be Renée. The surname is Smith. What do you guys think.. Shay smith or Eden Smith?? Just thinking to think if the names will age well too.

@MikeUniformMike what's chavvy about a classic biblical name? 😂

Eden is a million miles nicer than Shay.

Shay is usually a boy’s name.

Eden is much nicer for a girl.

Shay to me is short for Seamus so a boys name.

Eden's a nice name.

Eden isn't my cup of tea but it's a billion times better than Shay.

I have to agree. I don’t like alliterative names either. Sorry.

Sorry I'm with the others that Shay feels like a boys name, or a nickname. Eden is lovely.

Shay isn't nice and the only one I've ever know on was a boy but it was spelt Ché. Of the two, Eden is better but I'm not a fan.

Don't like shay sorry

I like Eden. Shay is terrible.

I'd think you were a Real Madrid fan with Eden

Both surely boys names

I know a little girl called Eden, it’s a lovely name. Friend of a friend has recently named her baby boy Eden and it doesn’t sound right to me, probably because I’m used to it being attached to a girl.

The only Shay I know is a boy.

Both children called Eden I know have been boys. But I like it for a girl as well. Also love shay (shae) for a girl. It's pretty. Sorry not much help there 😆

I love Eden for a girl.

Eden may appear in the Bible but it isn’t a ‘biblical name’ any more than Babel or Gomorrah.

Shay is an Irish man’s name.

It also sounds like Che Guevara.

Through work, I’ve also known two female to male transgender teens who chose Shay as their “boys” name.

So I’d avoid Shay.

Eden is ok. Uncommon and acceptable as a girls name.

Definitely Eden, not keen on Shay at all especially for a girl

Not shay.

Really not keen on either. Eden definitely sounds more feminine (despite being used for boys also) than Shay, so I'd reluctantly say that it is best for a girl. It's definitely going to become a VERY popular/common name though, I know of a handful that have been born in the past year (1 boy and 4 girls) I know of one Shay that is a girl, but still strikes me as a boys name.

Eden isn’t great, but way better than Shay.

Shay is awful and one of those names the kid will be judge on unfortunately.

They sound more like boys names

Eden is lovely but Shay not so much and I think Eden goes better with your surname.

Eden is quite downmarket for a girl.
Shay is quite downmarket full stop.

Eden is lovely
Shay is a boys name!

Hello op.
Both of your names sound quite nice to me, but they have already dated. What you think is unusual isn't any more
I would suggest that you look at more names