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[quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. In my 16-year career, I have never taught an Eve or anyone who uses that as a nickname. I have taught kids with similar names, though. Currently I have an Evelyn and an Evie, and I have had numerous girls named Eva and Ava (with every possible pronunciation) over the years. The thing is, some years there are lots of kids with similar names, and some years there aren’t any.  Yeah, there was the year of the 5 Jacks (a pretty common name), but then the next year I didn’t have any Jacks. But right now I have 2 students named Rhys, which isn’t a common name at all. One of my own children has a top-10 name, and we don’t know any kids with that name. So it all comes down to chance. The only way to guarantee that your kid will not have the same name as someone else is to give them something totally out there with a creative spelling, but that comes with its own problems. Personally, I think the important thing is to pick something you like that most people will know how to pronounce. You have that with Eve. So go with that and don’t worry about whether it is the most unique name ever.[/quote]

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