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It's ruined for me by association with the word evangelism.
I also just don't like the vange sound.

This message was edited 7/25/2021, 11:51 AM

I like it

Very evangelical; I wouldn't use it, and anyway there are neater and tidier ways to achieve a daughter called Eve.

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My mother had a friend named Evangeline who was always called Vangie. Apparently she once asked her friends to call her Jill, but nobody did.

Pretty. I love it.

Lovely, it's evocative and intricate while still having a bit of warmth. There's also plenty of nickname potential, I like Evie or Eva. And of course I love the literary reference from the Longfellow poem, which has possibly the best opening passage in poetic tradition:

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This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight,
Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic,
Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean
Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.

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Gives me chills!