WDYT of...

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

...Eden for a girl?

Is it pretty?
Is it too trendy?
Would you consider it religious (Garden of Eden)?

I can't decide if I like it or not, but I do think it's pretty.  

Comments

[straight-outta.livejournal.com]

I really love the name Eden, and I don't consider it religious at all, or too trendy where it's a turn off. Edie (Ee-Dee) works as a good nickname as well.

[girlsknowbest.livejournal.com]

a friend of mine has a daughter eden that they call edie.

eden does bring religions notions to my head, though.

[straight-outta.livejournal.com]

I guess it's different for everyone :)

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I like the nickname Edie.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I like it, but I wouldn't use it.

[isoldereverie.livejournal.com]

I think Eden is a lovely name. I get the religious vibe myself, but I don't think it's overtly trendy.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

It sounds exotic to me, I don't know why, but it escapes religious connections.
I like it better in italian than in english though. Here it's EH-den (I've met only one so far) not EE-den, which in my mind recalls Enid, so it makes it a little plain.

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

I don't like it at all, but it could be worse. I always think of it as a religious name, but maybe that's just me.

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

I like Eden. In Poe's "The Raven" it's spelled "Aidenn".

[virginiadare.livejournal.com]

I like it, but it sounds like a name of a phone sex operator. But I still like it.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I like it, it's pretty, it's trendy. It's always going to be considered to have religious connotations. You sort of can't get away from that. So if you are an atheist/non-Christian--I don't know if this is the name you should use.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i really like it.

[eb-girl.livejournal.com]

I love it. But I don't particularly care for Edie, which she would undoubtedly end up being called. Trendy? I don't know. I don't keep up with those sorts of things. I don't think I've ever met anyone who introduced themselves as Eden, but I knew a few Edies, so maybe there's an Eden in there somewhere.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Really? I know an Eden and would be surprised if she were actually ever called Edie by somebody who knew her.

[babyeraserhead.livejournal.com]

I think I like it.

[minga13.livejournal.com]

It would be VERY popular if you lived in south Auckland, New Zealand.
I can't comment on the rest of the world! Though I haven't seen it much on this community, maybe twice?
I think it's quite a pretty name, doesn't have religious conntations for me because there's a mountain where I live called Mt Eden, so I think of the mountain instead :)
I'm a teacher and I've seen the name spelt both Eden and Edin