What name would you go for? Need for native English speakers please :)

Maé -this doesn’t make any sense to me. How is it pronounced? It’s not aFrench accent.
Léna -I’d pronounce like Leh-na. I think you can drop the accent. Some people will say Lena, but Leh-na is fine too.
Fleur- I like this.
Nora-fine. Not a fan, though.
Margaux- Margot would be the normal spelling.

Fleur is lovely. Margaux too, though agree with pp to spell it Margot.

Maé - Mae and May are very popular names. I wouldn't know how to say Maé Mah-ey?
Léna - it'll just be Lena
Fleur - I like it but it'll be Fluh in the UK
Nora - prefer Norah
Margaux - Margot is the common spelling in the UK, Margo is better if you don;'t want German relatives to say the t

I only like Fleur from your list

They're all lovely but fleur and Nora would be the easiest to say and more recognisable.

All the names are fine but for what it’s worth I like Nora the best and it’s pronunciation is totally clear.

Lena could be Lee-na or Lay-na.

Accents won't be used by most people and most systems (e.g. her passport, if British, will be issued without accents). That might bother you, might not.

Fleur sounds much nicer in French than in most anglophone accents. In some of our accents it's really quite horrible actually.

I've come across the Margot spelling more than Margaux.

Mae/May is a super super common name. It's often hyphenated with other first names or is used as a filler middle name.

Lena might be pronounced a few different ways but people will use whichever one you tell them to. You'll just have to be patient and correct them first time around.

None of them have problematic associations really. My inside voice does hear "flaming Nora!" whenever I read Nora but it won't be an issue with her peers.

I'd find the Margaux Hemingway connection a bit depressing.

Margaux reminds me of Margaux Hemingway (and personally I prefer this spelling to Margo / Margot).

I know you weren’t looking for suggestions, but have you considered Sylvie and Madeleine?

I like the name Fleur, but it can sound horrendous in some UK accents so I’d avoid if you live in London or the South East.

Don’t personally like Nora, but that’s probably because there are still too many unfortunate associations (Nora Batty / the saying “flaming Nora”) Won’t be an issue with her peer group, though.

I’d probably go for Lena (with no accent, but pronounced as though it has one)

Personally I'd ditch the accents on Maé and Léna. I'd not use Maé as for the last few years half the girls at my dcs schools have been called Something-Mae (Ellie-Mae/Olivia-Mae etc). It's just too overused for me personally.

As with pp I'd change Margaux to Margot as that's a more well known spelling, like Margot Robbie.

Fleur is well known from Harry Potter and wasn't completely unknown before that. Nora is easy to pronounce.

How would you want Léna pronounced? I know an 8 year old Lena (pronounced Lenna) but pp have mentioned the Layna/Leena pronunciation. Either is nice and should only have to tell people once if they say it wrong.

I think if people hear the name Margaux/Margot they may just write it Margo.

Likewise Mae - they'll assume it's May.

Not a great problem but it will mean needing to spell out the name in situations where you want it recorded correctly. But that's the case with quite a few names.

I really like Lena, but you may find people pronounce it as Lee-na or Lay-na

This is exactly everything I was going to write!

Lovely names. I like Mae, Lena and Nora

How do you pronounce Maé, may-ay? I think that’s the only one people would be confused by.

I’d go with Margot spelt like that,it’s the more common spelling in the U.K.
I would be very surprised if someone from the U.K. didn’t know Fleur. We even use it in loan words like fleur de lis.

I think most people will know how to pronounce Margot. Margaux will get misspelled a lot and just makes me think of Chateau Margaux.

Fleur or Nora
Margot as the spelling, should you go for it

Oskar and Nora are quite good together

Also an immigrant, though I've spoken English since I went to school here. (And I have a name that should be straightforward but English-speakers find challenging.)

Maé - I wouldn't know how to pronounce this.
Léna - I would pronounce this 'Layna'. There is a Lena at my work, and people call her Lenna, Leena or Layna. She calls herself 'Lenna'. So this name may also challenge people.
Fleur, Nora - straightforward to say (also lovely).
Margaux - most people won't have any difficulty with this name, but some will try to say the X. Similarly with Margot, some say the T.

If go for one without an accent, it's a PITA to type. Fleur is a standard name in the uk, love Margaux

It is my favourite too but I just worry people would not know how to spell / pronounce it - do you think it is common enough for people to have heard / seen it before?

Fleur is pretty well known - mainly from Harry Potter probably, people definitely know how to pronounce it. If not from that it’s also fairly well known from basic school french that Fleur is french for flower.

I agree re accents.
I agree that Margot would be a more common spelling.
I also agree that Fleur is simplest and nicest. We all know it from Harry Potter these days.

People will definitely now how to pronounce Fleur but it's a sound that can sound lovely or awful depending on the accent saying it.

Maé -, it'll be Mae and Lena very quickly
Léna
Fleur
Nora
Margaux - might trip people up with spelling a little bit should be got used to sion enough

They're all lovely. I love Fleur and Nora best

All nice names. I would also ditch the accents as in English it won’t affect how you pronounce the name - it’s fine for writing down by hand or in a phone but in a situation where someone is typing it on a computer/laptop it will either take a while or just get missed off.

Oh and possibly Mae/May.