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[anapology.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name Evelia?

I love Evie, but feel it's too nicknamey to stand on it's own.
Eva is too much like Ava, which I prefer but thanks to the overwhelming skyrocket is a nono..
Evelyn is okay, but it doesn't make me oohh and ahh.
Evangeline is just too long and reminds me of Ms Jolie.
Evelia [prn with simlar emphasis on syllables to Ophelia] has everything I look for in a name. I love the possible nicknames as much [Evie, Vivi, Lia]
It's really flouncy and feminine.
It ends in -ia.
It's not common.


The only issues I have with it are, my other favourite name is Esmé, so two E's would annoy me, like i'd started a trend or something.
I feel like it's a bit too made up- considering I'd never heard it before, kind of made it up and had to check with behindthenames.com .. turns out it's Spanish variant of Eve.

So, thoughts?

Comments

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I like Eve.
Evie can be a nick name for Eve.
I don't like Evelia because it sounds like Evil-lia.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Eve is too religious for me, garden of eden and all that.
It's uh-vee-liaratehr than eve-ilia..

I see what you mean, written down.. though doesn't ring through in my mind.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

but don't Evelia and Eve have the same meaning?

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Yes, but when I hear Evelia/Evie/Evelyn/Eva I don't think of Adam and Eve.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Sounds contrived.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

that's funny, I once came up with Avalia :)
I'm pronouncing Evelia Ev-EH-lee-ah, am I any near?

Anyway I love Evangelina, and I like Eva (Eh-vah, not Ee-vah).
I don't feel strongly about Evelia either way.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

whoops sorry I missed your reply above about pronounciation
I'm not sure I understand why the initial sound would be 'uh'

[anapology.livejournal.com]

eh/uh...i don't suppose there's much difference. With my accent there isn't really..

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty. I'd probably say it with a long "e" at the beginning, but I do that with my own name, too (Elizabeth), where most people turn it into an "eh" or "ah" sound.

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

I want to pronounce it ee-veel-ya, i think that the pronunciation factor would confuse a lot of people

Maybe if it was two separate names, for instance I went to school with a Mary Ann--two first names

So instead of Evelia: Eve Lia, you'd get the bonus of two name meanings as well, since Lia is an Italian name.

I dont see two E names as any worse than two flower names and Esme and Evelia are different enough for it to not matter :)

[lneef.livejournal.com]

Nope. It has "evil" at the end and no one would understand it correctly. You'd get a LOT of people trying to spell "Ophelia".

[lneef.livejournal.com]

Pardon me. "Evil" at the beginning. Sort of.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I hear 'veal' and kind of cringe.
It sounds pretty made-up.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Eveilia sounds like the name of a villain in a Disney movie.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

So for a sibset, how about Cruella and Evelia?
lol

[girlx512.livejournal.com]

I went to school with an Esme. It was definitely a Spanish name.