My 6 year old, [name_f]Edie[/name_f], has spent most of her life being mistakenly called [name_f]Evie[/name_f]. People on the street, doctors, swimming coaches, at kindy gym and at the playground…anywhere! For the last year she has been begging me to change her name to [name_f]Evie[/name_f] “It’s just one letter Mummy!!”. [name_f]Every[/name_f] time someone says [name_f]Evie[/name_f]? she says “See Mummy, everyone else thinks that’s my name too” and she refuses to correct people. One of the teachers at her school who sees her in the play ground but hadn’t encountered her name written before was shocked to see her name written down as she had been calling her [name_f]Evie[/name_f] all year! Honestly, to me I’d be happy with [name_f]Evie[/name_f], DH and I actually tossed a coin between the 2 names…but will she outgrow this phase and prefer her less common name later? What on earth should we do?
I wouldn’t change it officially, but I would tell her she could have her friends call her whatever she likes.
I would let her go by [name_f]Evie[/name_f] but not officially change her name. She is old enough now to choose the name she identifies with. If when she is older and can legally change her own name she still wishes to be [name_f]Evie[/name_f] then she can do that herself.
For what it’s worth I think they are both beautiful names.
I think in this scenario since its what she wants, what people have been calling her & what people naturally assume her name is, you should just go ahead and change it legally. It will be more of a hassle to change it later once she has a high school diploma, drivers license etc. Might as well just do it now.
Especially if you & your other half don’t have a preference.
I agree with most everyone else; have everyone call her [name_f]Evie[/name_f], and if she doesn’t grow out of it, then go ahead and change it. 
I would personally change it.
It’s quite funny to us, we are just kicking ourselves for not going with [name_f]Evie[/name_f] at first. We actually changed our 3rd daughter’s name at a few days old because she’d been given the family name ‘[name_f]Mary[/name_f]’ as a first name and it just didn’t work for us. We called her [name_f]Lila[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f], best decision ever. I am starting to prefer [name_f]Evie[/name_f] as it would be SO much easier. [name_f]Evie[/name_f] is quite popular here and it is what people hear when any of us say ‘This is [name_f]Edie[/name_f]’. If people see [name_f]Edie[/name_f] written they pronounce it ‘[name_m]Eddie[/name_m]’ half the time which is frustrating. When she started grade 1 they gave her a boy starter pack and the teacer thought she was a boy [name_m]Eddie[/name_m] spelt weirdly…honestly, is [name_f]Edie[/name_f] THAT weird?
I think you should try unofficially changing it to [name_f]Evie[/name_f] for a year and if your daughter is still happy with it after that time and it is working well for everyone else then just go ahead and change it legally! You will save her a lot of hassle later and she will have a great story to tell when she is older 
I would change it. She wants it changed, you and your SO don’t mind changing it, it’s often misheard and she goes by [name_f]Evie[/name_f] anyway. I wouldn’t make her wait until she was eighteen - as katieydenberg said, it’ll be much more of a hassle then because there will be more official documents listing her as [name_f]Edie[/name_f], and it doesn’t sound like this is just a phase or anything like that.
ETA: But I do agree with other posters about waiting a year or two more first.
I’ll echo what others have suggested - give it a year or two and if she still prefers [name_f]Evie[/name_f] then make the change officially. At her age there’s no big rush though for doing it legally - as long as it’s done by the time that she’d have legal documents of her own under her name (unless you believe a particular member who thinks any name change after birth must be brought up in any facet of life when records are being checked, when in reality they care only about other names those records are actually under).
Ditto… [name_m]Just[/name_m] change it now.
It will be much harder to do when there are official documents involved (I want to change my last name but am terrified of re-applying for a visa and not getting through with it).
Only thing is I would have actually considered maybe getting a 2-for-1 name like [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] or [name_f]Eva[/name_f] nn [name_f]Evie[/name_f]. If she really wants to change it maybe sit with her and compile a list of longer names to see if she likes any of them.
[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t get me wrong I think [name_f]Evie[/name_f] is fine as a full name, I just like 2 for 1 names.
I think you should go ahead and change it. She loves [name_f]Evie[/name_f] and you and your husband both like it, so why not? I can kind of relate to what she is going through. My name is [name_f]Erin[/name_f], but you would not believe how many times I get called [name_f]Caren[/name_f]! I don’t personally care for the name [name_f]Caren[/name_f], but I know how frustrating it is when someone calls you by the wrong name. I don’t see any harm in changing her name to [name_f]Evie[/name_f] since it’s only changing one letter.
Totally agree.
I agree with a lot of other posters: Call her [name_f]Evie[/name_f] for a year or two and if she doesn’t grow out of it, legally change it. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t wait too long or it will be a real hassle, though.
I agree with everyone else, change it. [name_f]Evie[/name_f] or [name_f]Eve[/name_f]. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t wait too long or it will be a real hassle.
At the end of the day, it’s your decision and I wouldn’t try and sway you away from changing it, but personally, this makes me a little sad. Over here there are so many Evies and [name_f]Edith[/name_f]/[name_f]Edie[/name_f] is much more unusual. If I was in your situation I wouldn’t change her name because she’d end up being just another [name_f]Evie[/name_f].
I’m feeling a little bit similar - I wonder of she’ll appreciate her more unusual name in years to come?
Edited for privacy.
I was mainly referring to job applications (for “typical” jobs) and other similar documents (like you hinted about) which may ask for other names you’ve gone by, which from my personal experience I’ve asked about situations like those, and what they usually want to know are what names your work/school (since high school)/credit, etc. records are under so they can properly check them - thus for someone who was for example adopted as a child they don’t care about their original name* (unless it’s something like applying for a security clearance, and that is done through the government). As I’ve said (elsewhere on here before) documents concerning an official government investigation, etc. are different - and like you said there it isn’t simply a matter of what is or was your legal name since for example any nicknames that documents may be under must be declared too (which is another argument I used against the blogger who sided with said member in that discussion since she uses pseudonyms but doesn’t think those count even in those cases, but would mention a childhood name change in cases where that doesn’t count like a credit check - if you interpret such a question literally you should also mention any pseudonyms that you may have published anything under, etc. which would in many cases be an invasion of privacy when it comes to applying for a job, especially if the content is on a legally-protected subject such as religion, etc.).
*The member in question, on another name blog, mentioned that she feels that she has to bring up a name change done in her early teens, in these cases. I pointed out (with sources) that in her case she probably doesn’t need to bring it up (in fact in her case for all practical purposes it would be like someone who went by their middle name before a certain point, since she made her former first name into a middle name - a middle name used as a “primary” given name would count like other alias names). One reason it’s different when you’re interacting with a private individual/firm (such as applying for most jobs or a line of credit) vs. a government official is in some cases illegal discrimination may be an issue if the former name is inquired when they don’t need to know it (e.g. blacks or immigrants taking a more “mainstream” name, transgender people, etc.) and cases have hinted that the only reason employers, lenders, etc. have a reason to know a name you’ve previously used is to check relevant records - and any name changes done before you could have any relevant records are beyond the scope of what they need to know (unless it’s something like a government high-security job where you’re investigated back to birth; for most jobs in many places employers aren’t even allowed to check your juvenile history once you’re of legal age).
For clarification, I am talking about the parents who adopt children have been required to report any and all legal names and pseudonyms, as part of the (extensive) background investigations they undergo before they are allowed to adopt. But I think we’re both talking about official, legal, government-related paperwork requiring reports of other names, not private/everyday/etc applications.