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I'd always tend to prefer the longer over the shorter form; that way, if you need a nn for whatever reason, the longer form can shorten to the shorter, but not vice versa. Eva can become Eve; Eve can only become Evie which I don't find nearly as attractive.

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FWIW, I had an aunt called Eva. My grandmother told me that they chose the name "because she was our first" (!) and because there wasn't a short form (she and my granddad both went by the very common nns of their fns all the time). With that, my aunt came into the room and offered us tea. Granny said "Thank you, Eve" without blinking.