Eve and Steve- thoughts ?

[CamdenQueen]

We love the name Evelyn for a girl and would shorten to Eve. Only issue is my husband is called Stephen and goes by Steve with everyone bar his parents. Do you think Eve and Steve are too similar? Will they sound silly together? My husband assures me nobody would make the connection or think about them rhyming m. Would appreciate honest opinions

Evelyn Stephelyn

I know a married couple called Andy and Mandy

But they had no say in their names... they have to accept their matching names!

Parents have a choice in naming their children

Come to think of it, I know a married Bev & Kev. I don't think it's had much impact on their lives, aside from a brief period when there was a TV advert featuring a Bev & a Kev.

You should not name twins Eve and Steve. Or brothers and sisters.

Dad and daughter is fine, you won’t be bellowing “Eve and Steve! Teatime!” up the stairs will you? Especially if she goes by Evelyn.

First think it did was make me smile, I think it's adorable! Occasionally their names will be put together - e.g. 'Eve and Steve are coming to the party but the mum can't make it'. But very rarely, I'd imagine, and I think it sounds lovely! It's a bit silly, and might make people smile/have a chuckle but it's lovely.

Nope. Although I did live there for years and only came across one Evie

It's even stevens, meaning neck and neck.

Use the nn Evie.

If you intend to call your daughter Eve, why are you going to use Evelyn?

Eve and Steve are fine. They're not siblings. Steve will be 'Dad' pretty soon, too.

She'll probably end up being called Evvie (from Evelyn) anyway.

I know a couple who are Steve and Eve. It's rarely mentioned and I think it's only on cards when people realise. I think for daddy and daughter you'll be fine. She'll spend a lot of her life not signing cards with her Dad

I thought you were going to speak about a set if siblings! It's not even their full names, it's 100% a non issue.

Oh, this is so interesting! I think I’ve just about given up on one of my favourite names because it rhymes with mine: both four syllables, last three syllables are the same (ending is -elia).

Those saying Steve and Eve is OK, do you think it’s different when it’s mother and daughter? I know she’ll go out into the world, but I think I’ll feel a bit daft spending at least five years going to baby groups/toddler parties/first days at school and having to say “Hi, I’m Cecelia, and this is Ophelia” (not the names).

(Apologies if this details the original thread).

@GreatestGatsby , use it if you love it. I know a few parents with a child with a similar name (e,g, Cara and Zara, Zoe and Chloe).

I went to school with Amanda. Her brother was Andrew named after the dad and the mother was Sandra.

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Indeed.

"This is Charlotte, who is 3; and this is her little brother Smellypoopoobumwilly, who is 6 months!"

She'll probably end up being called Evvie (from Evelyn) anyway.

Ev or Evie are fine; but Evvie just sounds far too much like 'heavy' for me. Imagine if a girl known as Evvie ended up somewhat overweight, that could be very unpleasant for her.

I never understand scenarios like that, where there's a couple, one son and one daughter - and the son is named after the dad; but the daughter isn't named after the mum.

I was thinking how when tiny we named our teddies and dolls after our cousins. We named kittens after DSis's classmates. We didn't know many names.
Looking back, the names seem a bit ridiculous. Nowadays nobody bats an eyelid at a kitten called Alfie or Rosie, but a teddy called Jonathan and a kitten called Sarah might seem strange.

I do know a lady called Gemma who has a daughter called Emma. Always think it's v odd.

I had neighbours, Pauline and Ray who had sons Paul and Raymond and a friend who gave her son the same, very unusual name, as her husband just cos she liked it not because she was naming him after him. I'm not sure I'm the right person to ask in that basis but I say if you like it go for it.

I don't. I think it's quite likely that a Gemma might have wished her name was Emma, or a Catherine might have been preferred to be a Katherine.
All the names are nice.

I'd love to know the reasoning behind people's choices to name their children after themselves - exactly the same name or clearly intended as a variation of it.

Is it arrogance, lack of imagination, seeing their child as an extension of them, or what?

I'm not a fan personally, but I can understand it more if it's after a grandparent, who is unlikely to be living in the same household; or after a parent who died before/whilst the child was born; but otherwise? I'd love to know the thinking behind it.

Most people seem to understand how it can get confusing or slightly more complicated when you get two people with the same name in a class or workplace - when there was no way of anybody knowing or preventing it beforehand. But when you know for a fact that you have a Paul in your family and you're going to introduce a second one - especially as they're likely to share the same surname as well...?

Totally agree @OnTheRightSideOfGeography - it's bizarre. Suspect the narcissistic/ unimaginative/ boringly traditional and compliant all play a part

But if you don't like your name, or really feel strongly that you wish it had been something else, why not just ask everybody to call you that as your 'known as' name?

You can be officially Pamela, known as Jennifer, if you like; but when it's already part of your name, so it will just seem like an informal shortening - like Gemma being called Emma, so not necessarily that different from Rebecca being called Becca/Becky - what's the issue?

it wouldn't bother me at all. Yeah if you had siblings called steve and eve but otherwise not. She may become Evie or use the full name anyway.