Thoughts on these names please

[TerrysNo2]

We need a name for DD born yesterday, I am half indian so I want an anglo-indian-y name

What do you think of these...

Lira (My grandmas name)
Lia
Alia
Amaya

I like the letters A, L, M and N for names and no hard letters in them (T, Z etc) - I know I am odd so if you have any other suggestions let me know.

Thanks

Lira (My grandmas name) - no getting away from the old italian currency connection
Lia - Possibility of being pronounced 'liar'? otherwise, pretty.
Alia - see above
Amaya - my favourite.

My anglo-Indian friend has a daughter called Jaya which I think is beautiful. Not one of your favourite letters however..

erm lira sounds like an Italian currency, but is pretty
lia sounds like leah
alia, is a muslim name? Aaliya?
Amaya is nice

I like Amaya the best - really pretty name! Congratulations!

I love Lia, it's always been a favourite name of mine. Also like Amaya a lot.

You know I never thought about my grandmas name as the Italian currency, even though I know that was it. Don't suppose this generation will remember it though, unless it all goes tits up and they revert back - not an impossible scenario!!

Ha ha - yes might happen so be careful!

I like Lia and Amaya.

As another suggestion, there is an Amara at my daughter's school and I often think what a lovely name it is.

Maya or Amaya. I like Uma or Oma (which means life-giver), Zahira (which means shining light) and Zarina (the name of an anglo-indian friend)

I like Lia. How about Nadia?

Nadia isn't possible, too close to my name

All very pretty and underused (in the UK anyway ). I agree that the younger generation won't have a clue about Lira being the old Italian currency, so wouldn't worry about that.

Would you pronounce Lia like Mia? It is very pretty.

Lia like Mia yes, think we might go for Alia, pronouned A-lia (rather than a liar ) and then shorten it to Lia.

I like Amaya too. In fact I like all of them! Which is no help.....

i like Lia and Amaya i think they're both very pretty.

Amaya is gorgeous

My vote is for Amaya :)

It is not immediately obvious to me how to pronounce Lia, so I would have that as a consideration. If it's the same as Leah I would spell it that way.

I like Lia if it's said as Leah and Amaya. Xx

I think Lira is lovely, especially so as it's a family name. I don't think the currency thing is a problem, it doesn't seem to bother people called Marc or Frank.

Not mad on Amaya or Alia unless you have Arabic (?) roots. Lia is OK but isn't it just a different spelling of Leah? Which is very plain and dated IMO.

How about Amira? Like Amaya and Lira

I love Amaya

Hi Terrys I like Amaya and Lia a lot. All very pretty though.

I like names that have L, E, A, I, R and M in them. Makes it sound feminine. :)

Other suggestions:
Niah (beautiful in my honest opinion)
Sara (classic meaning Princess, but still golden)
Mia (another beautiful one)
Rae (like the ae on it, makes it pretty)

Just a couple of suggestions.
Congratulations :-)

Thanks for all your input, I don't want to announce her full name on here but it is one of the short list and we are v happy with it. She may be keeping me up all night but she is so gorgeous she is getting away with it