Hi! I chose Quinn, because I never hear it, and I really love it for a girl. It sounds fresh and modern...especially with today's trend of using older names. I also love Avery (my oldest daughter is Avery, actually!), so that is a great choice as well. Evelyn is growing on me, only because I love the nickname "Ev". I can't get past the Olive Oil/Popeye association and I'm not sure I like Adelynn...maybe it's the double n's at the end. I think I prefer Adeline.
I voted for Olive, too. It's got the old-fashioned feel that I love, but it's familiar enough, what with the Olivia trend, that I don't think it would necessarily come across as frumpy.
Oh! I don't think Avery is overdone at all! I have a daughter named Avery too, and while it's moving up the charts in popularity, it hasn't been used long enough to be overdone, in my opinion. I think a name has to be in the top 10 or 20 for a few years in order to be truly overdone. To use Isabella as an example (pretty name, but I know a billion): in the past five years there have been approximately 73,000 Isabellas born in the U.S., compared to approximately 20,000 Averys. That's a big difference!
I voted for Avery, but Evelyn has a nice ring to it and that was my second choice!
Good luck!
Edited to add: Just in case you were wondering, over the past five years, there have been approximately 8,000 boys named Avery vs. 20,000 girls named Avery.
i ABSOLUTELY LOVE the name "quinn" i have also thought of the "girly names" for a boy, such as leslie & dana....which i absolutely ADORE. i don't know for sure if i ever WILL have a baby(or babies) but i really love the name "raven" for a girl if i ever have one:( anyway, gotta go for now....
Hi! I chose Quinn, because I never hear it, and I really love it for a girl. It sounds fresh and modern...especially with today's trend of using older names. I also love Avery (my oldest daughter is Avery, actually!), so that is a great choice as well. Evelyn is growing on me, only because I love the nickname "Ev". I can't get past the Olive Oil/Popeye association and I'm not sure I like Adelynn...maybe it's the double n's at the end. I think I prefer Adeline.
Hope this helps...and good luck! :)
Love Olive- so spunky and unexpected. I'd avoid Avery- really trendy and overdone on a girl (although great on a boy!)
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Oh! I don't think Avery is overdone at all! I have a daughter named Avery too, and while it's moving up the charts in popularity, it hasn't been used long enough to be overdone, in my opinion. I think a name has to be in the top 10 or 20 for a few years in order to be truly overdone. To use Isabella as an example (pretty name, but I know a billion): in the past five years there have been approximately 73,000 Isabellas born in the U.S., compared to approximately 20,000 Averys. That's a big difference!
I voted for Avery, but Evelyn has a nice ring to it and that was my second choice!
Good luck!
Edited to add: Just in case you were wondering, over the past five years, there have been approximately 8,000 boys named Avery vs. 20,000 girls named Avery.
Edited 6/26/2007 4:40 pm ET by mom_maria2006
i ABSOLUTELY LOVE the name "quinn" i have also thought of the "girly names" for a boy, such as leslie & dana....which i absolutely ADORE. i don't know for sure if i ever WILL have a baby(or babies) but i really love the name "raven" for a girl if i ever have one:(
anyway, gotta go for now....