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BA from this weekend
A friend of mine gave birth this weekend to a girl she named Evi Rae. Evi joins older sister Asa Mai.Thoughts? I'm not a fan. They both have the same amount of letters in the first and middle names and they rhyme. I also feel that Evi is probably going to have to correct others on her name constantly.
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I much prefer Evie, Evi just doesn't look right to me. Asa is all boy imo, don't like it on a girl. Not a fan of the matchy matchy combos.
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Any idea if it's pronounced Evie or Evvie? I think it's pretty cute and can even understand the matchiness with the sister's name. I like both Evi and Asa. Maybe a little too cute, but oh well.
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I completely agree with RoxStar that Asa is masculine. And that Evi will spend a lifetime spelling her name for everyone.
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Asa is a boy's name to me. Mai looks like it should be pronounced my.
Evi looks incomplete, and even if you add the usual e on the end, it sounds babyish and insubstantial. Basically it looks like the two names were created with Scrabble hands; hands that were better than the more typical qcxjiig
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I tend to agree. I sort of understand why they might have thought that it was feminine, as there are some feminine names that follow that pattern (Ada, Ava) but it seems too masculine to me.Mai is a family name and might actually be pronounced like "my," The family is ethnically German and the name is taken directly from the German "Mai" which is the month of May.It's a shame really. Evi is so cute but if she were Eve, Eva, or Evangeline she'd have more options if she wanted something less cutesy when she's older.
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