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(29 Posts)It's really starting to drive me crazy but I can't get settled on a first name for a girl.
The middle name will be LaClaire. I like unique and pretty names.
First names being considered are Averi and Luna, but the issue with the Luna is the last name also starts with L so I'm trying to keep away from it
And suggestions?
Luna really isn't very unusual, and Averi is only unusually because of the spelling.
How about Marjolaine? Very unusual, and I think very pretty.
Delphine or Seraphine equally pretty, although less unusual, and I think they sit nicely with the French flavour of LaClaire
I don’t like Averi.
Prefer Luna.
Madeleine
Coco
Beatrice
Averi is awful. It looks like Averil without the l.
Luna LaClaire is a bit much.
None of the names are pretty.
Averi isn’t a good spelling of Avery, I agree with the previous posters. Luna is nice but not unusual. Luna LaClaire sounds like a character from Harry Potter. I don’t like LaClaire if I’m honest. It sounds like eclair and it doesn’t really work as a middle name - I’ve tried out a few girls names in my head with LaClaire as a middle name and LaClaire just makes all of the names a bit ‘much’.
Thanks to those who did suggest as that's what I'm looking for not opinions of what's already decided on. 
Luna LaClaire reminds me of the piano piece Claire de Lune.
@kaezarose Florence? nn Flo x
Sofia LaClaire
Romy LaClaire
Jasmine LaClaire
Emma LaClaire
Nina LaClaire
Carmen LaClaire
Zuri LaClaire
Manon LaClaire
Just be aware that neither of your names fits the description 'unique' - they really are quite popular in fact.
Alba
Frankie
Allira
Zara
Aerin
Minna
Briar
Eda
Gaia
Inez
Xanthe
Cassia
Margaux
Juno
Pandora
Aurora
Sylvie
Sydney
Cassidy
Darcy
Eden
Itis I LaClaire
@VenusClapTrap 🤣
I really quite like a lot of suggestions I've gotten. Thanks all! And perhaps unique isnt the word I'm looking for but maybe just.. different? Not like Jane or Ann but something with a little more oomph😂😊
Also @MrsNoMopp I didnt know that was a thing but it sounds very pretty and I love it and @b3x3y I really e joy Florence as a name but I live somewhere nearby a city called that so I dont like the association :/
Luna LaClaire is great though. I like the alliteration, and most of the time she will be Luna - a lovely, fairly unusual but easy to say and spell choice.
I think it's a very good mix for a full name which is wacky and unusual but no problem for everyday life. As long as Luna is good with your surname.
One thing I would NOT do is use Averi spelled like that (or Avery at all - it's not great, very harsh). The i ending makes it ambiguous - it reads more as if pronounced as if the 'a' is as in 'cat' (as opposed to what I assume you'd want which is Ay-veree) So kind of Ah-veree.
Confusing and not a very nice name tbh.
I like Luna and middle names aren't used that often verbally so chance to be as unusual as you like I think!
What about
Winter
Marigold
Storm
Bluebell
Tallulah
Marina/Martina
Eden
Cadence
Fenella
Meredith
Rowena
Ramona
Aida
Nia
Zia
Zelda
Rosita
Rosea
Rochelle
I love Luna. Luna LaClaire sounds amazing
Other suggestions:
Edith / Edie
Margaret /Maggie
Clementine/ Clemmie
Roxanne/Roxanna
Pearl
Delilah
Ottilie (Ottie)
Cora
Eliza
River
Winter
Jemima
Annette is pretty and different nowadays. Also French
Margaret, Annette, Beatrice all sound lovely with LaClaire.
As someone else said middle names aren't spoken out much so it's a place where you can get a little more creative and use something you wouldn't as a first name. I think LaClaire is beautiful
Autumn?
Floris
Laurel
Clover
Audrey
Talitha
Another vote for Luna LaClaire!! What a great name- love it!
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