Girls name to match Eve

[Evmamai]

Hi all, we have a toddler named Eve and are expecting a second baby girl in March. We found picking Eve’s name super easy and even now she suits it’s so well. Her full name is Eve Alexandra.
Our shortlist right now is

• Zara
• May
• Isla
• Grace

However none feel quite right, I love May but DH worries that two single syllable 3 letter names is a bitch match. I also love Isla but it is very popular. DH loves Grace but I went to school with. Girl who was cruelly nicknamed “Greasy Grace” and now I hear grease when ever I hear Grace. Zara is another of my preferences but DH says it makes him think of the shop!

So any ideas or suggestions? Our surname is McManus.

I have a Jasmine Eve

Hahaha how have I only just realised how ridiculous this sounds! I genuinely think it sounds lovely but when it’s written down it’s so obvious!

okay point taken - don’t call your daughters Adam and Eve 😂😂

Eve and
Rose
Rosa
Cara
Hallie/Halle
Pia
Ivy
Lottie
Pippa
Wren
Sloan
Quinn
Olive
Kitty
Iris
Josie
Indie
Tess
Lyra
Fern
Etta
Mabel
Gigi
Lake
Aria
Romy
Orla
Cove
Nola
Elin
Ines
Lani
Fay
Tia
Jess
Ruby
Tilly
Alice

@Evmamai do you like any? Xx

Polly

I think Grace is lovely with Eve but if you don’t like it it’s out! Isla is nice too.

Eve and…

rose
phoebe
iris
mia
clara
anna
alice
thea
lara
lilah

Thanks everyone. It’s so hard as I feel May is probably our favourite name but with McManus it doesn’t work so well.
Isla is just so popular and while I’m not that bothered I have a really popular name myself and hated it for a long time.

Ava is a no, it just seems too close to Eve. Ada isn’t really our style.

Why does it have to be so difficult 🤣

May is just so lovely - it’s such a shame it’s not ideal with your surname.

Isla is popular but it’s better to use a popular name that you love than to compromise and use something that doesn’t feel right. Popular names aren’t like they used to be so you’d be very unlucky to have two Isla’s in a class.

Eve Alexandra is great -

Grace goes the best, of your list, although I’m not mad about it. Zara is a bit light in comparison, Isla and May both v overdone - Eve is too, but it’s got lots of cultural history on its side.

Sophia, Isabel, Eleanor (Nell) and Rose are like Eve - v popular but lots of history and they go with your surname

Or maybe..

Katharine (Kate)
Felicity
Iona
Cecily
Athena
Flora
Finola
Genevieve
Oona
Stella

Eve and Robyn

Nina
Joy
Xanthe
Maeve
Ruth
Nancy
Nell

All your names are lovely.
other ideas:
Anne/a
Helena
Elizabeth

Lilith - Adam's first wife
or
Pandora - In ancient Greek mythology she was the first woman on earth.

Eve and Zara, perfect.

Suggestions …

Eve and Kate
Eve and Alice
Eve and Zoe
Eve and Tessa
Eve and Freya
Eve and Lucy
Eve and Cora
Eve and Nina
Eve and Amy
Eve and Beth
Eve and Alisha
Eve and Rosa

Eve and Sarah
Eve and Louisa
Eve and Kayla
Eve and Isobel
Eve and Xanthe
Eve and Dana
Eve and Liza
Eve and Laura
Eve and Ruby
Eve and Opal
Eve and Clare
Eve and Julia
Eve and Bridget
Eve and Norah
Eve and Violet
Eve and Sophie
Eve and Chloe

Eve and May are both stunning, simple, elegant and classic names, I really love both. I personally like May with your surname- but then my DS has a very alliterative name too as I think they often sound lyrical and more memorable.

Out of your other choices I definitely like Zara the best and still think it works well with Eve too. Really not keen at all on Isla as it sounds so trendy; Grace is fine, just a bit “blah” for me compared to your other choices.

I don’t see anything wrong with going for another 1 syllable name if that’s what you’re drawn to btw- it doesn’t sound especially “matchy” to me (even with a 3 letter one). I assume you have also considered Rose as that’s the other 1 syllable very classic name (along with Eve, Grace and May)?

Fay, Blythe, Hope etc might be other options but they maybe aren’t quite as classic feeling - and while I think they are pretty, most people seem to find names like Claire, Jane, and Anne dated now.

Have you considered Anna though? As elegant, simple and classic as Eve imo - and a cool subtle sibling link in that they are both rare palindrome names too! (I think the Actor Clive Owen has daughters called Eve and Hannah for this reason, but I must admit I prefer the more simple look of similar Anna).

Eve and Faith

Faye came to mind.

Really like Grace from your list.

I also love the name Joy as a first name!

Paige, Kate, Faith

Eve & Zoe - both share a meaning, which is a nice link
Eve & Xanthe
Eve & Wren

Isla or Lydia were my first thoughts

Eve and Dot (Dorothy for the BC)

Ari Mc Manus
Robyn mc Manus
Skye Mc Manus

Eve and Kate
Eve and Alice
Eve and Isobel
Eve and Anna
Eve and Honor
Eve and Astrid
Eve and Imogen
Eve and Harriet

Love Isla.

Maisie
Lucy
Sadie
Elsie
Hetty
Rose
Sophie

My grandmother’s sister was called Evelyn (auntie Evie). Grandmother was Alice. 2012 and 2014. So Alice.

Emma