Florence or Evelyn?

[yellowmeerkat]

Down to the final 2!

We love the nn Evie, weren’t keen on Evelyn at first but this name has grown on us and we’re wondering if registering as Evelyn with nn Evie would give her more options in the future.

Florence is a last minute addition to our shortlist! Not overly keen on nn Flo so this is putting us off a bit.

What are your thoughts? And if you have a Florence, what nn does she go by?

Thanks!

@PickledScrump they are all great nn suggestions and I LOVE Effie, thank you! I had no idea Effie could be short for Florence?!

@PickledScrump do you happen to know where the Effie nn arises? Is it simply from the ‘F’ first letter of Florence?

and for those that have suggested Florrie (sorry if this is a silly question) but is Florrie pronounced to rhyme with lorry? Thank you!

So many girls called Evie in the last twenty years or so. If you name a baby Evie now, she'll be on the tail end of that and always sound older than she is. It's not quite classic enough not to date.

Both lovely names!

Personally I'd go for Evelyn

Florence is fantastic, Evelyn good too but far too many Evie’s already.

@yellowmeerkat yes it’s just from the “f”. My daughter is in school with an Effie full name Florence. Makes more sense than Effie being a nn for Elizabeth which I’ve never understood. Florrie rhymes with lorry.

@PickledScrump thanks so much for the clarification. If we go with Florence we will definitely be using your Effie suggestion, thanks so much again :D

Eve-linn is male pronunciation and Ev-ah-linn is the female one as far as I’m aware :)

Both super popular but I’m leaning towards Florence with nn Flossie ☺️

On the face of it Florence is more popular ranked 8 and Evelyn 21 - but then Evie is 24 Eva 41 and Eve 181 that means that variations on Evie are really really common. Either way just know she will be probably have to have her last name initial to differentiate her from the others with her name at some point in her schooling.

Both good, but I have a preference for Florence.

Sometimes it is hard to predict nicknames, because often they just evolve rather than are chosen. We have a Florence in our family, she is Lolly mostly within the family, but her friends call her Rory.

@fairycupcakes you can pronounce Evelyn either way for a girl both are correct.

Weirdly I sometimes hear people throwing in an extra syllable to get ever-lyn (which sounds odd).

Can’t believe there are still yet more Eve names coming through! Don’t do it that name is officially full. Every other girl is called an Eve name it no longer serves the purpose of distinguishing your child from others.

At one point a third of all the girls in dds large class were called a variant of Eve. I mean it’s ok but baffled at the popularity of it. It’s not only boring but gets very confusing for everyone else.

Florence - the 3 I know (age 3, 27 and about 40) are just Florence, other than one gets Flossie in the family / from close friends.

All Eve names have been done to death

Flora is nice too

Or Jocelyn nn Joss rather than Evelyn?

I have a Florence, she's mainly called Flo by her school friends but I call her Flopsy. I also have an Eve, who we call Evelyn as her nn! She must never, ever be called Evie, she is very clear about this.

I knew a Florence nn Flick (it’s more common as a nn for Felicity but still cute!)

Thanks all for your input!
we would pronounce Evelyn like Ever-Lyn if that makes sense, not Eve-Lyn. Think we are leaning towards Florence though due to some fabulous nn suggestions making me less worried about Flo! Thanks all

Evelyn love that name

I know a Florence who goes by Rennie.

I prefer Florence to Evelyn.

Love Florence, I think of the beautiful, historic and romantic Italian city....

I have a Florence and love the name. Ours gets called Florie.

Florence is lovely.
Flora is also better than Evie names.

Evelyn is common but nice enough.

Do you like Genevieve?