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Not at all. It's beautiful.

After I read Uncle Tom's Cabin in high school, I loved the name and combo Evangeline Clare. Clare is a family name to me, and I love the way it flows, even if it was inspired by the book.

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Also, if she isn't as feminine as the name is, the nn choices abound, as others have pointed out.

I love this name but dh hates it. He stares at me like I just sprouted snakes from my head when I suggest it.

I think it's lovely, and while it may be a bit "out there", it is definitely not over the top!

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DH :-)

I like it a lot. It has tons of nn potential, too. Eva, Eve, Evie, Angie, Angel, Lina.

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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
-Eleanor Roosevelt

It's a bit out there to me. I prefer Eve (ev) or Evie (ev-ee).

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

It's not too over the top at all! I think it's lovely preferably as a mn.

I don't hate it but I don't love it. I would smile and say "that's so nice" if I saw someone else's child with that name.

I like it, it's poetic & old-fashioned in a good way. There's a poem by the same name I think it's by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (same guy who wrote Hiawatha) Eve, Evie, Eva, Vangie for nns

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Has a religious connotation (like evangelism) but not too strong to me.

I don't think it's over the top, it's very elegant.

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- - - Katja - - -

Evangeline is pretty, but I don't know if I would use it. It's one of those neutral names that I don't love, but don't hate. I don't think it's at all far out, or anything; it's a nice name for someone else's child :)

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Iris
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Scottish all the way!

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*Proud Mum of*
Chloe Elise-born August 17, 2004