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Anya and Evan

by Lea (TheColourPurple)

6/19/2007, 2:22 PM

Anya and Evan are my newest additions to my list of favourites. I noticed that I'm liking a lot of shorter names lately. So, what do you think of the names? Honest opinions are welcome. :)
Any middle name suggestions? Would they make a good sibset?

Also, how do you pronounce Anya?

Thanks in advance.

#Anya #Evan

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- Claire (guest)

6/19/2007, 7:26 PM

I really like both of them, moreso as a sibset than separately (I don't know why. That's kind of strange, isn't it?).

Anya: ON-yah

- iris

6/19/2007, 6:35 PM

I like Anya. Evan doesn't do anything for me.

- LMS

6/19/2007, 6:30 PM

Evan makes me think of Evian water and even though I like the name Anya, someone delightfully (can you detect the hint of sarcasm) notified me that it can easily be made fun of (I'll jump on ya, Anya!) etc.

- 1st_Timothy_4.12

6/19/2007, 5:07 PM

I'm not a big Evan fan, but I think it sounds good with Anya. I say AHN-ya. It's cute, but I think I like it better as a nn.

- Victoria (popular1)

6/19/2007, 2:45 PM

I used to be obsessed with Anya. I actually like it a lot. I pronounce it Ahn-yuh.

I love Evan! One of my faves.

- Julia (JuliaF) +1

6/19/2007, 2:42 PM

I love Evan --handsome and classic. Evan Gabriel, Evan Luke, Evan Lucas, Evan Robert and Evan Paul come to mind.

I pronounce Anya as AHN-yah, and love it only as a nickname, for Anna or some other An- name. Anya as a nickname for, say, Anastasia is not technically correct, and would make any Russian cringe, but it's much better than Anya as a full name. Aine is an Irish name said the same way if you don't want it as a nickname.

Evan and Anya clash rather spectacularly as siblings in my opinion.

- Katheros

6/19/2007, 5:03 PM

Anya is pretty and made me think of Aine too. I like Evan (my brother is Evan Michael) but I don't have much feeling for it because I can't hear it as a name; I can only think of my brother!

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