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rattlinbog · 13/04/2023 15:44

I don't know any at DS's nursery

DemBonesDemBones · 13/04/2023 15:53

So many little girls and little dogs. It's a really sickly sweet name.

Lcb123 · 13/04/2023 15:55

1 - in south east. She’s a cat

RedToothBrush · 13/04/2023 16:07

pancakesandpepsi · 13/04/2023 15:29

@ElizabethBest thank you for the insight. Yes, you are totally right about there being no guarantees. It would be Sod’s Law we’d pick the other name and it would suddenly rocket up the charts! Just a case of deciding which we actually prefer, popularity aside.

I know a lot of people are of the opinion that the name Evie/Evelyn/Eve etc will date badly, but I’m not sure how they are predicting this. Of the names of my generation, some seem very dated now and others (like mine) are still in the top 20. Not sure how anyone would have predicted this when they were naming their babies 30 years ago.

Because its so on trend. It WILL date because the trend will pass.

Apparently the sweet spot for avoiding something too popular but not too out there is supposed to be the current top 300 to 500 - keeping an eye on how quickly it has shot up in the last few years.

Its easy to check trend patterns using https://names.darkgreener.com/

(You can search by part names too - so if you enter Ev it comes back with search results of all names starting Ev).

When you do so, you can see just how many names with a variation on 'Eve' are coming back which really mark it out as 'being of its time' more so than perhaps other names.

If you want to avoid the 'screams 2020s name', Evie (and variations on the theme) is really THE one to avoid tbh.

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Tillow4ever · 13/04/2023 16:14

1 - East Midlands

BUT my first thought when I heard the name is of the Pokémon… slightly different spelling but pronounced the same. Don’t know if that would affect anyone choosing the name!

CM1897 · 13/04/2023 16:16

pancakesandpepsi · 13/04/2023 08:23

So grateful for all the responses on my previous thread.
To further this - and hopefully help to narrow things down further for us - I wanted to ask specifically how any Evies do you know? If you’re happy to share your region (north, south etc) that would be great.
Thanks so much to those who already answered this as part of my previous thread!

Thanks in advance!

I know three Evie’s, south west. One is a 9 month old baby, one is 3 years old and ok is 8 years old

sjxoxo · 13/04/2023 16:17

4.. in London

HiImTheProblemItsMe · 13/04/2023 16:23

South West. I'm a secondary teacher and also have dc in nursery and primary school. Evie has to be one of the most popular names round here. I know absolutely tons of them. They are known as Evie F or Evie S or whatever at my school due to the sheer number of them, and the same in dc1's school.

Orangetapemeasure · 13/04/2023 16:26

DD (11) has 3 friends called Evie. Very confusing. I know another aged 4.
DD has a very normal name. We have yet to meet another under the age of 20

Hotvimto3 · 13/04/2023 16:29

One and shes sweet

Frankincense88 · 13/04/2023 16:31

1 baby Evie.

But I am a secondary teacher and there are at least 3 in each year group at my school and one in each of my classes.

West Mids for reference.

darjeelingrose · 13/04/2023 16:36

RedToothBrush · 13/04/2023 14:08

Eva is an Evie as far as I'm concerned. You are kidding yourself into believing it's different.

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Why did you quote this post that essentially says the same thing as you, to tell the poster they were kidding themselves? Weird.

suzettenoisette · 13/04/2023 16:39

I can only think of one.

I know several Evelyns, Evas, and Eves but none of them get called Evie.

Eva-Marie is a top name for our daughter.

niugboo · 13/04/2023 16:40

pancakesandpepsi · 13/04/2023 15:29

@ElizabethBest thank you for the insight. Yes, you are totally right about there being no guarantees. It would be Sod’s Law we’d pick the other name and it would suddenly rocket up the charts! Just a case of deciding which we actually prefer, popularity aside.

I know a lot of people are of the opinion that the name Evie/Evelyn/Eve etc will date badly, but I’m not sure how they are predicting this. Of the names of my generation, some seem very dated now and others (like mine) are still in the top 20. Not sure how anyone would have predicted this when they were naming their babies 30 years ago.

Evelyn won’t date. It’s a well known name that’s existed for centuries.

Evie will.

RedToothBrush · 13/04/2023 16:42

darjeelingrose · 13/04/2023 16:36

Why did you quote this post that essentially says the same thing as you, to tell the poster they were kidding themselves? Weird.

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Cos she is kidding herself. There a whole pile of people on this thread saying Eva / Evie etc are all just the same blob that merge into one and if someone can't see how that's perceived then they are deluding themselves when multiple people are saying that exact thing!!!

suzettenoisette · 13/04/2023 16:45

I disagree. To me Eva, Eve, Evie, Ava are different names. An Eve could be called Evie but I don't think it's a given and the names are distinctive enough. Just because several people have said it doesn't mean they're right, especially as some of the comments have been mean spirited and obviously just been made to hurt OP.

None of the Eves, Evas or Evelyns I know go by Evie. They are all classic names that go in and out of style. Evelyn was very dated until it became fashionable again.

SuperGinger · 13/04/2023 16:45

I know five, one in her late forties and four aged between 10 and 12. This is in London

reelcat · 13/04/2023 16:50

About a bazillion! In reality somewhere between 20-30 (newborn-20s) if I was to count them plus a handful of Eva's and a couple of Eve's. North East

MuffinToSeeHere · 13/04/2023 16:56

I disagree. To me Eva, Eve, Evie, Ava are different names. An Eve could be called Evie but I don't think it's a given and the names are distinctive enough. Just because several people have said it doesn't mean they're right, especially as some of the comments have been mean spirited and obviously just been made to hurt OP.

As someone who works in a lot of schools they do absolutely all merge together though. It's not unkind to point that out. When you have a cohort of children where a significant amount have very similar sounding names they do indeed start to all sound alike even though they are obviously different names.

It's the same with boys names starting with an A. Around here in any given class in a primary school a large proportion of the boys names all sound alike think Archie, Alfie, Arlo, Albie, Artie and Archer consequently even though they are different names they like all the Eva's, Ava's, Edie's and Evie's start to merge into one name.

cheapskatemum · 13/04/2023 17:05

I know 1 Evie. She's aged 10
Area is East of England

Lollzi86 · 13/04/2023 17:05

1 adult evie in her 30s, up north. And she is as lovely as her name is.

Lollzi86 · 13/04/2023 17:06

However I know of at least 3 Ava’s (all primary age) 2 Elsie’s (toddler age) and various other Edies, Ada’s etc.

RedToothBrush · 13/04/2023 17:07

MuffinToSeeHere · 13/04/2023 16:56

I disagree. To me Eva, Eve, Evie, Ava are different names. An Eve could be called Evie but I don't think it's a given and the names are distinctive enough. Just because several people have said it doesn't mean they're right, especially as some of the comments have been mean spirited and obviously just been made to hurt OP.

As someone who works in a lot of schools they do absolutely all merge together though. It's not unkind to point that out. When you have a cohort of children where a significant amount have very similar sounding names they do indeed start to all sound alike even though they are obviously different names.

It's the same with boys names starting with an A. Around here in any given class in a primary school a large proportion of the boys names all sound alike think Archie, Alfie, Arlo, Albie, Artie and Archer consequently even though they are different names they like all the Eva's, Ava's, Edie's and Evie's start to merge into one name.

This.

There really isn't the individuality that parents think because their daughter is Evangeline rather than Evelyn or Eve or Ava or Evie.

It's just the trendy sound that blurs together into similarity.

It really doesn't help with girls as there is a tendency for them all to really conform to the same hairstyle etc ATM too (in a way that wasn't as strict even a decade ago).

It's such a shame because there's not a shortage of beautiful names out there but there is a real shortage of imagination from parents.

I say this as someone whose parents really thought they were being different only to give me one of the 'names of the era' which I have always hated.

mintich · 13/04/2023 17:09

About 8 all 4- 5 years old

tatteddear · 13/04/2023 17:23

6 human ones and 1 canine one