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Lara, Eliara, Elara, Elea, Eliora, Elana

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misslucy92 · 31/12/2022 18:31

Which ones do you like and why?

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purpledalmation · 31/12/2022 23:03

Lara.

BlueSuffragette · 31/12/2022 22:51

SoftSheen · 31/12/2022 22:42

Lara is a good, strong girl's name. The others sound fussy and/or made up.

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SoftSheen · 31/12/2022 22:42

Lara is a good, strong girl's name. The others sound fussy and/or made up.

RuthW · 31/12/2022 22:41

Eliana

I love arna names

20viona · 31/12/2022 20:43

Lara from your list. Iv got a Lana and I love it because there isn't many. We always get compliments on her name.

girlss4 · 31/12/2022 20:21

Lara!

Paddingtonthebear · 31/12/2022 20:19

I like Lana and Lara. Elin which is similar to your other names but less fussy perhaps

TempsPerdu · 31/12/2022 20:08

Only like Lara. The others are all too fussy/frilly and just seem like random strings of vowels. There are lots of girls with these sorts of names in my area and they all sort of merge together so none of the names feels distinctive.

ItsReallyOnlyMe · 31/12/2022 19:57

Can I add Eliana to the mix - that's my favourite.

3partypics · 31/12/2022 19:40

Lara and Lana are two of my fave girl names, I know a Lana from school and she was lovely so that might swing it for me. I've never met a Lara.

arethereanyleftatall · 31/12/2022 19:38

For any completely out there names, such as Eliara, there's a very thin line between cool & posh OR having I'm a chav tattooed on child's forehead.

ShutTheFrontDory · 31/12/2022 19:35

It's a Hebrew and Portuguese name. As it's so "out there" you're going to have people asking you if you're either of those really...

Workawayxx · 31/12/2022 19:21

Lara is beautiful. I wanted that for Dd but dp not keen! Your options all sound quite Russian I think so might be worth looking at other Russian origin names? Reminds me of Lilia and Aliona from strictly (dancers)

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misslucy92 · 31/12/2022 19:17

I meant to say „is it bad on its own or only feel that way when combined with similar names“?

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misslucy92 · 31/12/2022 19:16

Thanks so far!

Would you say the same thing if I had just asked about Eliara, for example?

Is it and on its own or does it just feel overwhelming when put next to similar names?

For example if I put it in here: Emma, Ruby, Sophie, Grace, Eliara, Charlotte, Annabelle, Ava would it feel less made up?

just wondering

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Spectre8 · 31/12/2022 19:12

Laura the rest sounds like a bad version of apple products where the letter e is stuck infront of everything

Ijuststoodonlego · 31/12/2022 19:05

Lara - Like it (reason sounds nice)
Eliara - Mouthful
Elara - Mouthful
Elea - Substitute E for F spelling wise (bullying)
Eliora - there used to be an orange squash in the 80s called kia-ora so it reminds me of that.
Elana - too much like Alanna

Purplecatshopaholic · 31/12/2022 19:03

Lara is a lovely name. The rest sound like you made them up! They are terrible - far too tricky to spell and difficult to pronounce.

clearlyclelia · 31/12/2022 19:01

Out of these I only like Lara. How about Leora?

postcardpuffin · 31/12/2022 18:57

Lara is lovely.

DD (10) has a friend called Eliana (she is half Italian); pron. Elle-ee-ah-nah with the stress on the third syllable. But no-one seems to find it that difficult to pronounce! I think it’s lovely.

I met a little girl recently called Amadea, which really grew on me!

HuntingoftheSnark · 31/12/2022 18:57

Lara is pretty and the only name that doesn't look made up (apologies as they are probably all perfectly valid names).

tillyrainbow · 31/12/2022 18:51

Lara

CheshireCats · 31/12/2022 18:51

I only like Lara from your list

Neolara · 31/12/2022 18:51

Lara.

I have a Lara who is 18. She told me the other day she has never met another Lara.

Honeyroar · 31/12/2022 18:50

I like Elaria more. Alana is nice. Lara is ok.