Is Evie as a first name too much of a nickname?

I don’t want to name her Evelyn, but my husband said Evie is just a nickname

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I think Evie is cute as the full name.

But if a mouthful but Evangeline is kind of cool with Evie as a nickname

No, I think Evie is a pretty name🥰 I have a Millie, which a lot of the time is a nickname for something longer but we loved just millie so went for it 🩷 xx

My sister is Elizabeth and everyone calls her Evie. I think Evie is a great name.

Everyone i know called Evie it’s just their name, never considered it a nickname tbh!

You could name her Eva

Or Genevieve with nickname Evie. But I love the name evie itself

And everly is cute too

No I was gonna call my baby Evie-Marie if she was a girl

My oldest is Evangeline and we call her Eevee. That is a nickname name lol. She has a friend named Evie.

Nope. Name her what you want to call her. Evie is beautiful!

Thank you ladies! 💜

My partner actually says the opposite when coming to names he hates the idea of naming a child for them to be called a nickname instead anyway and has always said if you’re going to end up calling them a shortened version then that should just be their name 😂 we get into debates about it frequently - coming off that I think Evie is a beautiful name and if you don’t want it elongated then I think you should just keep it as it is short and sweet

Evie is cute - I was considering it for my girl x

My sister is called Evie, just Evie x

My cousin is Evie she’s now 20 and I’ve always loved her name :) x

I knew a girl named Evie and I thought it was super cute

Our daughter is called Evie and her middle name Lyn. It sounds like a modern version of Evelyn which we didn't like

Evie works as a full name, and makes sense if that is the name you always plan to use!

if your husband prefers a longer name with Evie as a nickname though, there are loads of cute options:

Evelina
Reverie
Genevieve
Evangeline
Elvira/Elva
Niamh/Neve
Maeva/Maeve
Yvette/Evette
Vivienne
Evanthe
Evandra
Evaluna
Geneva
Evadne
Everly/Ever
Eva

💕

I’m a teacher and I have more Evie’s than Evelyn’s (as a proper name - not a nickname)
My little girl is called Livvy (not Olivia) I love nicknames for actual names

I think if you like the shortened version just go with it. There very few real rules on names!

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I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

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If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

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