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I had an aunt called Eva. I asked my grandmother where they'd got it from, since my mother had a family name, and she said 'Well, she was our first, and we liked the fact that there are no nicknames for it ... oh, hello Eve!'

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So, I suppose it's best to go for Eva and have the option of Eve as a nn, rather than going for Eve and not being able to use Eva, just the juvenile Evie.

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My grandmother was Florence, known as Florrie, by the way, and my grandfather was Thomas, known as Tom. So they knew a thing or two about nicknames ...