Girls' names that work in 3 languages...

[user1484167681]

Morning all! I love the baby names threads :D Thought I'd post our challenge - we need a girl's name that works in English, Russian and Spanish. Obviously you can say a name in any language and with any accent, but we'd like a name that actually sounds good in all three and doesn't require extensive explanations.

So far I've used Ancient Greek names for inspiration, but quite a lot of them are very "heavy" names, IYSWIM. Possible options have included Anna (bit boring?), Nina (my current favourite, DH is not sold), Natalia...

Surname is a very standard Spanish name ending in -ia, that can be pronounced in English with no trouble. All suggestions welcomed! :)

[Screamer1]

Anna?

[Screamer1]

Or ana?

[MyOtherProfile]

Anna is beautiful.

[ElspethFlashman]

Rosa is nice.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Lara?

[SindyFishtail]

Alexandra? Could be Ali - Alex - Ola ?

[SindyFishtail]

Oh yes Lara is beautiful!

[flickerty]

Nina is my favourite, DH has a sister named Nina so it's been vetoed for us. Booooo

[Hobbitch]

I love Zoya (Russian for Zoe). I don't know how it would be pronounced in Spanish though. I'm with you regarding Nina as well, lovely name.

How about Stefania, Katarina, Emma, Nora, Cora?

[hungrywalrus]

Natasha
Lara
Clara
Larissa
Irina
Alexandra
Vera
Kristina
Julia/yulia
Sofia
Tamara
Emma
Emilia

Probably loads more

[PuckeredAhole]

Elsa
Paloma
Lilia
Sara
Elena

[ChrissieA1]

I really love Alex for a girl

[MaidenMotherCrone]

Julia

[Solasum]

Margarita
Vera

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Anna as suggested above, is a beautiful name.

[user1484167681]

Ahhh thanks, this is so helpful! Some suggestions are ruled out because they are immediate family members (Alexandra, Elena, Margarita) or have bad connotations for me personally (Emma, Lilia) but there are loads to consider further!

Please keep them coming, I knew the MN hive mind would help :):)

[OculusReparo]

Anastasia
Isabella/Izabella
Marina
Maria/Marya/Mariya
Nadia
Rosa/Roza

[AnneOfCleavage]

Anastasia
Anya
Natasha
Alexandria
Sophia
Elisabeth / Elisa

[tissuesosoft]

Katarina- Katie as a nn maybe.

[user1484167681]

Thanks!

Current shortlist from suggestions and preferences is:
Anna
Nina
Lara
Natalya/ Natalie
Sophia
Inessa (which no-one else likes, but I think is usual and pretty!)
Eva
Lydia
Marianna
Tamara

[PattyPenguin]

Barbara.
(Due a revival any time now, and what Victoria Coren called her baby. And, yes, I know it's pronounced Varvara in Russian.)

Diana
Clara
Renata
Veronica
Valentina

What about Victoria?

[user1459464195]

What about

Carolina
Diana
Nadia
Sabina
Anastasia
Marina

[memyselfandisolodjsjajaj]

Natasha
Sofia
C(h)ristina
Anna
Laura

[RuggerHug]

Cristina or non heavy Greek one Helen?

[ChardonnaysPrettySister]

Wasn't Inessa Lenin's lover?