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Poll Results: I love the nicknames Eve and Evie but I dont like Evelyn so much..help!

 
  • 32% (18)
    Evelyn, just go with it!
  • 58% (33)
    Eve, you can always call her Evie when she is little
  • 3% (2)
    Evie, this is a good and can be shortened to Eve when she grows up
  • 5% (3)
    I posted my own take on Evelyn..aren't I original?
56 Total Votes  
post #21 of 32
1/29/10 at 4:10pm
I would probably name her Eve and call her Evie when young. Another name you might consider is Evangeline.
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post #22 of 32
1/29/10 at 4:47pm
I like Eve and Evie. You could also call her Eva. I have a friend with an Eva. It's a beautiful name.
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post #23 of 32
1/29/10 at 4:56pm
I think Eva is a very classical and beautiful name... which can be nicknamed Eve and Evie.
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post #24 of 32
1/29/10 at 5:08pm
Genevieve! What an awesome compromise.
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post #25 of 32
1/29/10 at 6:06pm
I love Genevieve and use Eve as her main name...it's one dh and Ive considerd this time around but have a "Jennifer" relative that is not one we'd want to name our dd after. Though, I personally like Evelyn as well and have suggested that to dh but for some reason he says no and wants to name our dd Eloise....see it could be worse!!
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post #26 of 32
1/29/10 at 8:54pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bokonon View Post
A friend of mine named her baby Genevieve and calls her Evie. My baby is named Evelyn, her nickname is Evie (ee-vie, not Eh-vie), but we always call her Peepers. Poor girl isn't going to know what her real name is!
I knew a Genevieve who was Evie - maybe you like it better than Evelyn?
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post #27 of 32
1/29/10 at 9:03pm
I have an Eve We haven't met any others, though we have met Evelyns and Evas and Avas. I am an atheist, but I see the name Eve as being more mythical than biblical, and it also can mean evening. It's the dual nature I was really drawn to - sweet and pure or temptress, darkness or light, etc. I think an Eve can be anything. Evelyn just can't compete with that. Eve is timeless, Evelyn is pretty Victorian/Edwardian.
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post #28 of 32
1/29/10 at 9:04pm
I loooooooove the name Evelyn - also Evette and Ivy. I had a boy though...Evan ! But I have always thought Evelyn is a beautiful name, elegant and simple.

I think if a name you are considering fits the energy for your baby, it will stick, even if you have a little issue with it...and it will end up seeming right. Our DS2's name was chosen by DH. I was not in love with the name, but DH was very settled on it, the way I had been settled on our first child's name, and it felt like what we should go with...and it ended up being perfect for him.
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post #29 of 32
1/29/10 at 9:18pm
I think Eva is your best bet.
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post #30 of 32
1/29/10 at 9:23pm
i tend to think evelyn is getting way popular way fast. i did have a friend recently who named her daughter that so she could call her evan. how about that?
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post #31 of 32
1/30/10 at 1:05pm
I really like Evangeline. Easily NN Eve or Evie.
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post #32 of 32
1/30/10 at 1:23pm
My boys have very strong Hebrew names, and I'm not Jewish or Christian. I don't think of the names as Biblical. They existed before the Bible was written. I just think of them as having Hebrew origins, just like my mother's name (Donna) has Italian origins.

I'm not a big fan of Evelyn, either, but I really like Eve, Eva, and Genevieve. You could also put a Polynesian spin on it: Evalani.
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