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Elara

29 replies

lighteninginabottlejmf · 20/06/2021 15:14

Recently heard the name Elara and have to say I'm pretty taken by it!
What are your thoughts on the name?
My only reservation is my son had a top 10 name; would it be weird to have siblings one with an usual name and one with a top 10 name?

Thanks in advance. X

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user1493494961 · 20/06/2021 16:29

I agree with a pp, I would choose Lara, else she'll just become another Ellie, they're everywhere.

BiBabbles · 20/06/2021 15:54

It's nice, though I first read it as Eliara I think because I'm more aware of Liara as a name. Elanna as a pp mentioned is also nice.

I wouldn't think anything of names of different popularities - those change. My DS1 was top 40 when he was born, it's now maybe top 150. I also have a child whose name is, as she called it after we looked it up - a 'Top 3000 name'. It takes more than different popularities for them to clash, at least enough for me to notice.

cocoloco987 · 20/06/2021 15:43

Elara is fine. Not common but not out there in anyway to clash with a more common name. Elanna is nice too. Will probably be shortened to Ella

ILoveShula · 20/06/2021 15:35

Lara is much nicer. The E weakens it and makes it yet another El- name.